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tormentor

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




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The tension comes from Odd Henderson, a schoolyard bully and tireless tormentor of Buddy, a character based on the young Capote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Tenor Roy Hage is the amiable Volmar, Hildegard’s confidant in the monastery and baritone David Adam Moore her tormentor abbot.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

For now, though, all this means many Tories zoom from gloom to doom, their grinning tormentor showing them no mercy this time.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2024

But you say, he's important because he’s his redemption and also his tormentor.

From Salon • May 27, 2024

I explained that it was Edmund, my childhood tormentor, and described his menacing ways.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein




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