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      • torturer noun [ C ] uk / ˈtɔː.tʃ ə r.ə r/ us / ˈtɔːr..tʃ ə r.ɚ / Add to word list Add to word list a person who causes great physical or mental pain, especially in order to persuade someone to do something or to give information:
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  2. a person who causes great physical or mental pain, especially in order to persuade someone to do something or to give information: The court ruled that they can take action against their alleged torturers. Dictators and torturers across the world may be sleeping a little less soundly these days. See. torture. Fewer examples.

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      TORTURER meaning: 1. a person who causes great physical or...

  3. 1. Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion. 2. Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony: the torture suffered by inmates in the camp. 3. An experience or cause of severe pain or anguish: "Just to watch them handling thick woolen winter coats in that heat was, for me, a torture" (Arthur Miller).

  4. 1. : the infliction of intense pain (as from burning, crushing, or wounding) to punish, coerce, or afford sadistic pleasure. 2. a. : something that causes agony or pain. b. : anguish of body or mind : agony. 3. : distortion or overrefinement of a meaning or an argument : straining. torture. 2 of 2. verb. tortured; torturing ˈtȯrch-riŋ. ˈtȯr-chə-

  5. to cause great physical or mental pain to someone intentionally: It is claimed that the officers tortured a man to death in a city police station. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to cause mental pain: He tortured him self for years with the thought that he could have stopped the boy from running into the road. More examples.

  6. A torturer is someone who tortures people..... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

  7. Definition of torturer noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. 4 days ago · noun. someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion) see more.

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