Thesaurus results for ABUSER

abuser

noun

Definition of abuser

as in oppressor

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Recent Examples of abuser The mother, as originally rendered in King’s novel and the De Palma film, is an abuser, tyrannical in her parenting. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026 Sometimes judges don’t have a full picture of the risks a victim faces, like an abuser’s access to weapons and prior threats to kill, and release men arrested on domestic violence charges quickly, with little to keep them away from the women they’re accused of hurting. — Sara-James Ranta, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2026 The third and fourth sections are, respectively, a somewhat non-traditional perpetrator and a man who seeks out his abuser many years later. — The Know, Denver Post, 4 June 2026 Yet the surrounding circumstances aren’t exactly those of the average substance abuser. — Alison Herman, Variety, 1 June 2026 Those records, which largely do not name Hamilton, show that his church conducted an internal investigation about the abuse, reported it to law enforcement after identifying the abuser and that Hamilton personally played a role in a report about additional abuse by the perpetrator. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026 Dirty John, a podcast about serial scammer and abuser John Meehan, had recently completed its circuit from 2017 LA Times investigation and partner podcast to Netflix documentary to TV drama starring Connie Britton and Christian Slater. — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026 Doucet encouraged women to leave once their abuser makes the slightest error and the opportunity presents itself. — Miami Herald, 16 May 2026 Chris Brown is a serial abuser. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026

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Noun

During this icy inspection, Hurston decided to inflict as much discomfort as possible on her oppressors by remaining in the office as a form of passive resistance.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026
But in the museum's current telling, history is just an ongoing power struggle between oppressors and the oppressed.

— Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 21 July 2026

Definition of oppressor

Noun

Red is immediately abducted, cut open in an ambulance, and injected with pain-magnifying drugs by his torturers, while Liz accidentally murders the mysterious man surveilling her next door.

— EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
Aaron escapes his torturers, first by rooting himself in the town’s only movie theater open to Black people, and then by lying about his age and enlisting in the Navy at 16.

— Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026

Definition of torturer

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The Bible relates the remarkable transformation of Saul of Tarsus – at one time a violent persecutor of Christians – who became a powerful teacher-by-example of love and peace.

— Margaret Rogers, Christian Science Monitor, 29 July 2026
Third-graders would learn about the Road to Damascus, which tells the story of Paul’s transformation from an early persecutor of Christians into a follower.

— Heather Hollingsworth, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026

Definition of persecutor

Noun

Scotland changed its anthem to ‘Flower Of Scotland’ — a folk song written in the 1960s, and whose lyrics take occasional aim at its neighbour and old enemy to the south — across their sports teams in the 1990s.

— George Edwards, New York Times, 31 July 2026
The game is also not easy; there’s a lot of bullet hell here, and many rooms are tight and filled with hazards and enemies.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026

Definition of enemy

Noun

Each was cast as the antagonist in the game that saw England’s exit a World Cup or European Championship, prompting invective from rival supporters and a siege mentality in Manchester.

— Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 21 July 2026
The man in the water Tanner Mansell is, in many ways, the bill’s perfect antagonist — and the clearest illustration of how tangled this fight has become.

— Kate Waxman, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2026

Definition of antagonist

Noun

Like dropping Emmett Till's name in an article about the WNBA All-Star game, that's got to be an all-time rage baiter.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026
Control of the criminal term was ceded to the race-baiters and radical left in an act of political mollification.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026

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