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tormentor

[tawr-men-ter, tawr-men-] / tɔrˈmɛn tər, ˈtɔr mɛn- /




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Off the Welsh coast the British destroyer Tormentor, dismantled, was being towed to a shipbreaking yard.

From Time Magazine Archive

The tow rope snapped, the Tormentor and her skeleton crew of four vanished into the storm.

From Time Magazine Archive

While, deep in Jotunheim, most fell, Are Fenrir, Serpent, and Dread Hel, Pain, Sin, and Death, his children three, Brought up and cherished; thro’ them he Tormentor of the world shall be.”

From Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)

The Assistant Tormentor and his beloved were likewise warmly received; but presently Daphne's smiles faded.

From A Safety Match by Hay, Ian

Now, Loue, if thou wilt proue a Conqueror, Subdue thys Tyrant euer martyring mee; And but appoint me for her Tormentor, Then for a Monarch will I honour thee.

From Minor Poems of Michael Drayton by Brett, Cyril




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