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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
Brendan Carr, tormenter in chief of the broadcast networks, made his way around the room, as did Lachlan Murdoch, the CEO of Fox Corporation.
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Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
26 Apr. 2026
And the idea was to imply that even after Grace’s triumph, many more potential tormentors remained at large.
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Anhar Karim,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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
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Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
26 Apr. 2026
And the idea was to imply that even after Grace’s triumph, many more potential tormentors remained at large.
—
Anhar Karim,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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.
—
Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
22 Mar. 2026
My tormentor bolted, leaving me behind—bloody, battered, and confused.
—
Katie Jackson,
Outside,
19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tormentor
Noun
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The Venice Film Festival is providing a little erotic tease ahead of its official program, screening Italian softcore thriller Deadly Sweet in its pre-opening slot ahead of this year’s event.
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Dancehall sounds like a tease in the dead of winter.
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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.
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There is just no defending that behavior, and the harasser/scumbag should walk the plank, so to speak.
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Still, the star did not name her harassers.
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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.
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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 4 Jul. 2026.
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