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[ tawr-men -ter, tawr -men- ] SHOW IPA
/ tɔrˈmɛn tər, ˈtɔr mɛn- / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a person or thing that torments.
Theater . a curtain or framed structure behind the proscenium at both sides of the stage, for screening the wings from the audience. Compare teaser (def. 2).
Origin of tormentor 1250–1300; Middle English
tormento (
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tormenteor. See torment, -or
2 Words nearby tormentor torii, Torino, Tormé, torment, tormentil, tormentor , torn, tornado, Tornado Alley, tornaria, Torne
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I was exhausted and my tormentor was given over to his own enjoyment of my discomfiture.
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British Dictionary definitions for tormentor noun a person or thing that torments
a curtain or movable piece of stage scenery at either side of the proscenium arch, used to mask lights or exits and entrances
films a panel of sound-insulating material placed outside the field of the camera to control the acoustics on the sound stage
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