abuser

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Noun
  • Coming from an impoverished family, Ding eagerly took part in public humiliation rallies against teachers, intellectuals, government officials and others labeled as enemies of Mao’s vision.
    Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
  • Asking everyone else to leave, the two enemies have a private conversation that finally gets Faye out of Specter Litt Williams for good.
    Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • His speech was interrupted several times by individual hecklers who were escorted out of the room to cheers from the crowd.
    Sandy Mazza, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
  • There was no law enforcement involvement at the meeting, in contrast to the stormy town hall held Tuesday night by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) in which police used tasers to subdue and remove two hecklers.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • As new antagonists arrive, the stakes and the tension don’t always ratchet accordingly, resulting in the occasional sense of the anti-climactic.
    Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 16 May 2025
  • But the rich emotional depth of that film is matched in Bring Her Back, a horror movie that delights in gruesome practical effects but also presents a nuanced character study, with little judgement passed on its bereaved antagonist, Laura.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 16 May 2025
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“Abuser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abuser. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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