as in tormentors
a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another
a sadistic torturer of men he regarded as weak, the drillmaster really had it in for one recruit
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Recent Examples of torturers
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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Meredith Maran,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
Incredibly, one of Schiller's torturers, Jorge Delgado - the Sun Gym member who had first told Lugo about Schiller and his millions - ended up helping the federal government make their case.
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Troy Roberts,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
His torturers shattered his hands and paraded him around the stadium, taunting him to try to play his guitar.
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Christina Hioureas,
Rolling Stone,
22 Mar. 2026
Others refuse to lower themselves to the level of their torturers.
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Karl Vick,
Time,
13 Mar. 2026
The prisoners got out and the saw the torturers.
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Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Jan. 2026
As my experience showed, a heavy reliance on physical abuse makes for proficient torturers, not skilled interrogators.
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Elizabeth Tsurkov,
The Atlantic,
11 Jan. 2026
Hopper grabs El and leaves Kali behind to be captured by her torturers again.
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Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
31 Dec. 2025
The overwhelming majority of experts dispute that torture actually works as an interrogation technique, arguing that any information that comes out of it is unreliable as people under duress will say anything needed to convince their torturers to stop.
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Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
5 Nov. 2025
Meredith Maran,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
Incredibly, one of Schiller's torturers, Jorge Delgado - the Sun Gym member who had first told Lugo about Schiller and his millions - ended up helping the federal government make their case.
—
Troy Roberts,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
His torturers shattered his hands and paraded him around the stadium, taunting him to try to play his guitar.
—
Christina Hioureas,
Rolling Stone,
22 Mar. 2026
Others refuse to lower themselves to the level of their torturers.
—
Karl Vick,
Time,
13 Mar. 2026
The prisoners got out and the saw the torturers.
—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Jan. 2026
As my experience showed, a heavy reliance on physical abuse makes for proficient torturers, not skilled interrogators.
—
Elizabeth Tsurkov,
The Atlantic,
11 Jan. 2026
Hopper grabs El and leaves Kali behind to be captured by her torturers again.
—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
31 Dec. 2025
The overwhelming majority of experts dispute that torture actually works as an interrogation technique, arguing that any information that comes out of it is unreliable as people under duress will say anything needed to convince their torturers to stop.
—
Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for torturers
Noun
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That their tormentors were not untouchable.
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If the tormenters keep it up, grackles do eventually move.
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They are all stuffed into selections from the adults-only section of a Spirit Halloween store and made to perform amateur strip teases for their fellow Islanders — all strapped to heart-rate monitors — to see who can raise whose heart rate the most.
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Rhys teases of the finale’s contents.
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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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Shakespeare humanizes the Elizabethan stage stereotype of the villainous Jew by giving Shylock ample reason for wanting to get back at his Christian persecutors.
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Amish are part of the wider Anabaptist movement, which puts heavy emphasis on Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, containing some of his most radical and counter-cultural sayings — to love enemies, live simply, bless persecutors, turn the other cheek and to endure sufferings joyfully.
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But most of the city’s residents refused to surrender to their attackers, instead choosing to take their own lives inside the city walls.
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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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McIlroy was even seen stepping back from the ball to quip back at one of the hecklers, while others, including his friend Shane Lowry, were also quick to respond.
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For Bellinger, at least, a creative exchange with some professional hecklers was more welcomed.
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“Torturers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/torturers. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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