torturers

noun

plural of torturer
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 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for torturers
  1. tormentors
  2. teases
  3. harassers
  4. persecutors
  5. attackers
  6. hecklers
Noun
  • The attacks lead to the fateful events of prom night — a famous moment from King’s original— in which Carrie, who’s become aware of growing telekinetic powers, turns her abilities on her tormenters when she’s finally pushed over the edge.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 27 July 2026
  • That their tormentors were not untouchable.
    — Nazanin Boniadi, Time, 11 Mar. 2026
Definition of tormentors
Noun
  • Following a summer of pop-up performances and musical teases, Leon Bridges is getting closer to his next chapter.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The end of Camp Rock 3 teases more could be on the way — and the Jonas Brothers are down to return.
    — Sarah Hearon, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of teases
Noun
  • 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
  • Still, the star did not name her harassers.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 22 May 2026
Definition of harassers
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
  • 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.
    — Dave Smith, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
Definition of persecutors
Noun
  • Against autonomous attackers operating at machine speed, hours could become an eternity.
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The rumor mill has linked Sporting KC to several attackers in the MLS and abroad.
    — PJ Green August 28, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of attackers
Noun
  • That’s a little simplistic — look at San Francisco’s Scott Wiener being chased from a trans rights event by hecklers accusing him of being pro-genocide.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 1 July 2026
  • 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.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026
Definition of hecklers

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