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Torturer   /tˈɔrtʃərər/   Listen
Torturer

noun
1.
Someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion).





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"Torturer" Quotes from Famous Books



... enough to write Castles of Otranto in the midst of grave nonsense and foolish councils of war, I am not likely to disturb myself with the diversions of the court where I am not connected with a soul. As it has proved to be the interest of the present ministers, however contrary to their torturer views, to lower the crown, they will scarce be in a hurry to aggrandize it again. That will satisfy you; and I, you know, am satisfied if I have any thing to laugh at—'tis a lucky age for a man who is ...
— The Letters of Horace Walpole Volume 3 • Horace Walpole


Words linked to "Torturer" :   oppressor, torture, scourger, flogger


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