What does the cryptic crossword clue "Painful nonsense about war hero (9)" mean?

The wordplay uses a reversal. TOR (synonym="ROT=nonsense, drivel; “about” indicates reversal") + TURING (synonym="=war hero, i.e. British mathematician and WWII cryptanalyst Alan Turing") = TORTURING The answer is TORTURING.

Painful nonsense about war hero (9)

Independent Cryptic #11850 | 27 Across | 2024-10-02 flower

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