Definition of TORMENTOR

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The winning rally came after Hanley Ramirez, who has ably replaced David Ortiz as a Yankee tormentor, blasted a two-run homer off Chad Green to put the Red Sox ahead, 6-5, in the seventh inning. — New York Times, "Brett Gardner Finally Joins the Party as the Yankees Surge Into First Place," 9 May 2018 Laurence Fishburne plays Ike Turner, her husband and tormentor. — Andrew R. Chow, New York Times, "What’s on TV Friday: ‘Dateline’ With Andrea Constand and ‘800 Words’," 1 June 2018 Inside the classroom, her chief tormentor is an impossibly disruptive student named Malik (Adda Senani). — Justin Chang, latimes.com, "Isabelle Huppert gets pyrotechnic in the enjoyably screw-loose 'Mrs. Hyde'," 21 June 2018 Both gun-rights advocates and those pushing for gun control agree on these facts but use them to different effect: One side tells women to shun the tool of their tormentor. — Ben Wofford, Glamour, "The NRA's Most Wanted Customer: Women," 28 June 2018 All told, prosecutors wrote, the victim made payments totaling $22,350 between November and July of 2016, with his tormentors repeatedly reminding him of his precarious situation. — Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, "‘If you are out on the street, then you are a dead man’ — bookie who beat debtor gets 6-year sentence," 11 May 2018 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," 7 Dec. 2017 That’s when the Caps reached these Eastern Conference finals with a full-throated civic exorcism of their traditional tormentors, the Pittsburgh Penguins. — Erik Brady, USA TODAY, "Can Capitals break losing spell for woebegone Washington?," 23 May 2018 Finally, the Capitals had eliminated their longtime tormentors after falling to Pittsburgh in each of the past two postseasons, both times watching as the Penguins won the Stanley Cup. — Alex Prewitt, SI.com, "Confident and at Ease, These Capitals Aren't Worried About Past Playoff Disappointments," 15 May 2018

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