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TORTURER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("torturer" is a kind of...):
oppressor (a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "torturer"):
flogger; scourger (a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders))
Derivation:
torture (subject to torture)
torture (torment emotionally or mentally)