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also tormenter
as in tease
a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another
shocked by the news that his chief tormentor from elementary school had written a book about the dangers of bullying
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Recent Examples of tormentor
Webb and San Francisco’s pitching staff will have to figure out how to slow down Linden’s Judge, the former Giants fan turned current Giants tormentor.
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
22 Mar. 2026
My tormentor bolted, leaving me behind—bloody, battered, and confused.
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Katie Jackson,
Outside,
19 Mar. 2026
That their tormentors were not untouchable.
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Nazanin Boniadi,
Time,
11 Mar. 2026
Our tormentor is angry the state chose Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024 and has not met his demands to stop mail-in voting and release his supporter and fellow election denier Tina Peters from prison.
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Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
6 Mar. 2026
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
22 Mar. 2026
My tormentor bolted, leaving me behind—bloody, battered, and confused.
—
Katie Jackson,
Outside,
19 Mar. 2026
That their tormentors were not untouchable.
—
Nazanin Boniadi,
Time,
11 Mar. 2026
Our tormentor is angry the state chose Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024 and has not met his demands to stop mail-in voting and release his supporter and fellow election denier Tina Peters from prison.
—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tormentor
Noun
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It’s been 28 years since their last appearance, but the older fans remember the feeling of heady optimism, an occasional tease of excitement and then crushing disappointment.
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His season ends with a heart attack, mirroring his father’s cause of death — and a major tease for his story continuation in the One Golden Summer novel.
Noun
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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.
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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.
Noun
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Still, the star did not name her harassers.
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Most harassers do not harass others in front of someone else.
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Hurd was seen fist-bumping another attacker moments after deputies intervened, Madden Ragland said.
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In practice, this means understanding which tools may be used against you, how audience perception can be manipulated, what sequence of actions attackers typically follow, and which methods are deployed at different stages of a campaign.
Noun
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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.
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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.
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“Tormentor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tormentor. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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