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also tormenter
as in tease
a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another
shocked by the news that his chief tormentor from elementary school had written a book about the dangers of bullying
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Recent Examples of tormentor
Thornton uses a wheelchair, and here his Lucky is guided by his tormentor.
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Frank Rizzo, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
With Kershaw’s playing days numbered, Ohtani is seemingly taking Kershaw’s place as the next Giants tormenter.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
There appears to be no limit to his sensitivity or his determination to humble his tormentors.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
But can the Yankees really stare down their tormentors and finally best Houston in a playoff format?
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tormentor
Noun
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While this time around things went a bit smoother, the Step Up actress teases that, still, plenty of chaos will ensue.—
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Fans have already seen a Hannah Montana 20th anniversary tease, Miley Cyrus says.—
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Hopper grabs El and leaves Kali behind to be captured by her torturers again.—
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The overwhelming majority of experts dispute that torture actually works as an interrogation technique, arguing that any information that comes out of it is unreliable as people under duress will say anything needed to convince their torturers to stop.—
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Instead, the lawsuit argued, law enforcement in the area where the harasser lived should have served the papers.—
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Moreover, when harassers disproportionately target women, people of color and LGBTQ officials, entire communities are systematically excluded from participation in self-governance.—
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In November, an attacker shot two National Guard members from West Virginia near the White House.—
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This one wasn’t without drama, as a resilient Czechia scored twice with the extra attacker in the last two minutes to pull within one, but an Ivar Stenberg empty-netter with eight seconds left sealed it.—
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Paul was a former persecutor of Christians who became a missionary and was later beheaded in Rome.—
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Amish are part of the wider Anabaptist movement, which puts heavy emphasis on Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, containing some of his most radical and counter-cultural sayings — to love enemies, live simply, bless persecutors, turn the other cheek and to endure sufferings joyfully.—
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“Tormentor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tormentor. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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