Torturer (Noun)
Meaning
Someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The prisoner had been in the hands of a notorious torturer for weeks, subjected to endless interrogation and physical abuse.
- He was accused of being a torturer during the war, and his trial was widely publicized in the international media.
- In the dark ages, the torturer's tools were often on display in the town square, a grim reminder of the punishments that awaited those who disobeyed the law.
- She had nightmares about the torturer who had brutalized her during her time in captivity, and sought counseling to overcome the trauma.
- The human rights organization condemned the regime for employing torturers who used tactics such as waterboarding and electroshock to extract confessions from suspects.