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tormentor

[tawr-men-ter, tawr-men-] / tɔrˈmɛn tər, ˈtɔr mɛn- /




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Mr. Karrubi, who was released in March, recently blasted his tormentor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

Tenor Roy Hage is the amiable Volmar, Hildegard’s confidant in the monastery and baritone David Adam Moore her tormentor abbot.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

Australia had reached 28 without loss just before tea when their tormentor from the first day, Rabada, lit the blue-touch paper.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2025

Before "Cobra Kai," Daniel LaRusso's tormentor Johnny Lawrence starred in an Internet fantasy pitching him as the real hero of "The Karate Kid."

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2025

I explained that it was Edmund, my childhood tormentor, and described his menacing ways.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein




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