torturer

tor·ture  (tôrchr)

n.

1.

a. Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.

b. An instrument or a method for inflicting such pain.

2. Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony: the torture of waiting in suspense.

3. Something causing severe pain or anguish.

tr.v. tor·tured, tor·tur·ing, tor·tures

1. To subject (a person or an animal) to torture.

2. To bring great physical or mental pain upon (another). See Synonyms at afflict.

3. To twist or turn abnormally; distort: torture a rule to make it fit a case.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin tortra, from Latin tortus, past participle of torqure, to twist; see terk^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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tortur·er n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

torturer - someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion) flogger, scourger - a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders) oppressor - a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures

Translations

torturer [ˈtɔːtʃərəʳ] N → torturador(a) m/f

torturer [ˈtɔː^rtʃərə^r] n → tortionnaire m

torturer

n (lit) → Folterknecht m; (fig: = tormentor) → Peiniger(in) m(f)

torturer [ˈtɔːtʃ/ərəʳ] n → torturatore/trice

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torturer [ˈtɔːtʃ/ərəʳ] n → torturatore/trice