The term 'Biblical Torment' refers to the plagues that were inflicted upon the Egyptians in the Bible. The first PLAGUE, which is referred to as the 'PLAGUE' in the crossword solution, was a series of ten disasters that God sent to punish the Pharaoh for refusing to free the Israelites from slavery. These plagues included turning the Nile River to blood, swarms of frogs, gnats, flies, livestock disease, boils, hail, locusts, darkness, and the death of the firstborn.