NOUN | person | torturer | someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion) |
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Sounds | tao'rcherer | |
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Rhymes | acquirer ... waterer: 26 rhymes with erer... |
Meaning | someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion). | |
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Narrower | flogger, scourger | A torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders) |
Broader | oppressor | A person of authority who subjects / subjects others to undue pressures |
Spanish | torturador | |
Catalan | torturador | |
Verbs | torture | subject to torture |
torture | torment emotionally or mentally |
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