tormentor

noun tor·men·tor \ tȯr-ˈmen-tər , ˈtȯr-ˌ \

variants: or less commonly tormenter

Definition of tormentor

1 :one that torments

2 :a fixed curtain or flat on each side of a theater stage that prevents the audience from seeing into the wings

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Meanwhile, many people refuse to press charges out of concern the information will leak back to their tormentors.

— author: joshua partlow, Alaska Dispatch News, "The once-glamorous resort city of Acapulco is now Mexico’s murder capital," 25 Aug. 2017
Meanwhile, many people refuse to press charges out of concern the information will leak back to their tormentors.

— author: joshua partlow, Alaska Dispatch News, "The once-glamorous resort city of Acapulco is now Mexico’s murder capital," 25 Aug. 2017
Meanwhile, many people refuse to press charges out of concern the information will leak back to their tormentors.

— joshua partlow, Washington Post, "Acapulco is now Mexico’s murder capital," 24 Aug. 2017
Even when workplace bullying becomes severe, employment lawyers told me, women are less likely to sue for gender discrimination if their tormentor is another woman, since people tend to assume that women look out for one another.

— olga khazan, The Atlantic, "Why Do Women Bully Each Other at Work?," 2 Aug. 2017
In all honesty, my sisters went from being my tormentors to my best friends.

— michelle manetti, Good Housekeeping, "20 Things You'll Only Understand If You Have a Sister," 2 Aug. 2017
Words led to blows, and Renteria flattened his tormentor.

— peter rowe, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Taking his best shot: 100-year-old WWII photographer recounts remarkable life," 29 July 2017
Margrethe Vestager, the EU antitrust chief who became the tech industry’s prime tormentor after taking up her post in 2014, has disavowed any political agenda.

— jeff john roberts, Fortune, "Why Google, Facebook, and Amazon Should Worry About Europe," 20 July 2017
But in season 6, Stark got revenge on her rapist and tormentor by leading him to a grisly death.

— nina bahadur, SELF, "The Complicated Politics of Sansa's 'Game of Thrones' Rape Scene," 7 July 2017

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