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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tormentor \Tor*ment"or\, noun
1. One who, or that which, torments; one who inflicts penal anguish or tortures. --Jer. Taylor.
Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings. --Milton.
2. (Agric.) An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels. --Hebert.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tormentor
noun
1: someone who torments [syn: {tormenter}, {persecutor}]
2: a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings [syn: {tormenter}, {teaser}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "tormentor": act drop, annoyer, asbestos, asbestos board, backdrop, badgerer, batten, border, bully, cloth, coulisse, counterweight, curtain, curtain board, cyclorama, decor, drop, drop curtain, fire curtain, flat, flipper, hanging, harasser, harrier, heckler, nag, nudnik, nudzh, persecutor, pest, pesterer, plaguer, rag, sadist, scene, scenery, screen, side scene, stage screw, tab, tableau, tease, teaser, torment, transformation, transformation scene, wing, wingcut, woodcut
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