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also tormenter
as in harasser
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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With two wins, the Mets will eliminate the Braves (88-72), their forever tormentors, and lock up the fifth seed while securing the sixth playoff spot for the Diamondbacks (89-73).
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Jerry Beach, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
De Palma ratchets up the tension, intercutting Carrie’s tentative steps toward normalcy with her tormentors’ cruel prank preparations.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
And so our hero crosses paths with his future patron and personal tormentor Harrison Lee Van Buren, who would be a monstrous caricature of capitalism’s worst perversities if not for the softness that Guy Pearce so gingerly laces into his sadism.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2024
When temperatures soar into the 90s, and humidity turns clothing into the tormentor of skin, there is a blissful escape for many inland city dwellers: the public pool.
—Eve Andrews, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2024
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Jerry Beach, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
De Palma ratchets up the tension, intercutting Carrie’s tentative steps toward normalcy with her tormentors’ cruel prank preparations.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
And so our hero crosses paths with his future patron and personal tormentor Harrison Lee Van Buren, who would be a monstrous caricature of capitalism’s worst perversities if not for the softness that Guy Pearce so gingerly laces into his sadism.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2024
When temperatures soar into the 90s, and humidity turns clothing into the tormentor of skin, there is a blissful escape for many inland city dwellers: the public pool.
—Eve Andrews, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2024
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“Tormentor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tormentor. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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