Thesaurus results for ABUSER

abuser

noun

Definition of abuser

as in oppressor

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Recent Examples of abuser In Season 2, Mary-Louise comes crashing into Celeste’s life after Perry’s death, eager to take custody of her grandsons and unable to see that her son was an abuser. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 The account from the younger brother of Panettiere’s boyfriend and longtime abuser confirms that Panettiere was potentially the victim of a drug overdose. — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026 The mother, as originally rendered in King’s novel and the De Palma film, is an abuser, tyrannical in her parenting. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026 Sometimes judges don’t have a full picture of the risks a victim faces, like an abuser’s access to weapons and prior threats to kill, and release men arrested on domestic violence charges quickly, with little to keep them away from the women they’re accused of hurting. — Sara-James Ranta, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2026 The third and fourth sections are, respectively, a somewhat non-traditional perpetrator and a man who seeks out his abuser many years later. — The Know, Denver Post, 4 June 2026 Yet the surrounding circumstances aren’t exactly those of the average substance abuser. — Alison Herman, Variety, 1 June 2026 Those records, which largely do not name Hamilton, show that his church conducted an internal investigation about the abuse, reported it to law enforcement after identifying the abuser and that Hamilton personally played a role in a report about additional abuse by the perpetrator. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026 Dirty John, a podcast about serial scammer and abuser John Meehan, had recently completed its circuit from 2017 LA Times investigation and partner podcast to Netflix documentary to TV drama starring Connie Britton and Christian Slater. — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026

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Noun

During this icy inspection, Hurston decided to inflict as much discomfort as possible on her oppressors by remaining in the office as a form of passive resistance.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026
But in the museum's current telling, history is just an ongoing power struggle between oppressors and the oppressed.

— Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 21 July 2026

Definition of oppressor

Noun

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.

— EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
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.

— Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026

Definition of torturer

Noun

Parton’s ability to become the harasser without falling into some version of male drag makes this short sequence far superior to the many films with a similar premise that followed.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
White stars can help by publicly supporting their Black colleagues, who are especially targeted by online trolls and harassers.

— Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of harasser

Noun

Honoring the undocumented and decrying their persecutors at the height of her career, against political headwinds and with nothing to gain and everything to lose, was par for her life, and a challenge for all of us to do the same.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
The Bible relates the remarkable transformation of Saul of Tarsus – at one time a violent persecutor of Christians – who became a powerful teacher-by-example of love and peace.

— Margaret Rogers, Christian Science Monitor, 29 July 2026

Definition of persecutor

Noun

Blanche’s immediate predecessor, Pam Bondi, was ousted in April after failing to deliver successful prosecutions against the president’s political enemies.

— Alanna Durkin Richer, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Rather than law enforcement authorities like the Coast Guard having to seize a vessel under civil seizure laws, the Department of Defense, usually through military force, can seize an enemy vessel instead.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of enemy

Noun

Species once seen primarily as competitors or antagonists have turned out to be mutualists, with both parties benefiting.

— Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Orexin antagonists were developed as a treatment for insomnia, differing from conventional sleeping pills that induce sedation.

— Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of antagonist

Noun

Like dropping Emmett Till's name in an article about the WNBA All-Star game, that's got to be an all-time rage baiter.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026
Control of the criminal term was ceded to the race-baiters and radical left in an act of political mollification.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026

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