tormentor
Americannoun
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a person or thing that torments.
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Theater. a curtain or framed structure behind the proscenium at both sides of the stage, for screening the wings from the audience.
noun
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a person or thing that torments
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a curtain or movable piece of stage scenery at either side of the proscenium arch, used to mask lights or exits and entrances
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films a panel of sound-insulating material placed outside the field of the camera to control the acoustics on the sound stage
Etymology
Origin of tormentor
1250–1300; Middle English tormento ( u ) r < Anglo-French; Old French tormenteor. See torment, -or 2
Example Sentences
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In the dramatic courtroom conclusion, Caleb finds sympathy for his tormentor and terms him “a man worthy of affection and kindness.”
He released a song named Situka, in which he mused: "When the going gets tough, the tough must get going, especially when leaders become misleaders and mentors become tormentors."
From BBC
Steenkamp was his tormentor and the prop was also prominent in the loose as he opened the scoring by diving over in his first Test start.
From BBC
The tension comes from Odd Henderson, a schoolyard bully and tireless tormentor of Buddy, a character based on the young Capote.
Not that England are set to see the back of all their tormentors.
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