tormenter

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But that vindictiveness seems to retreat — or is it deepening? — when Peter returns from school to visit his mother and, against all odds, begins to forge an odd kinship with his former tormenter.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2021

A known tormenter of Mariners pitchers while with the Oakland A’s, the outfielder/first baseman is a free agent going into the 2022 season.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 6, 2021

Howell's chief tormenter was Georgia Tech linebacker Charlie Thomas, who had 2.5 sacks and 4.5 tackles in the Tar Heels backfield.

From Fox News • Sep. 26, 2021

It also gives the Raptors the world’s greatest LeBron stopper, albeit a few weeks after the team’s long-time tormenter moved to the Western Conference.

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2018

But of the reality of the torment, and of the blunted sensibility of the professional tormenter, he seems to have no doubt.

From An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals by Leffingwell, Albert