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torturer

/ˈtɔːrtʃərər/ /ˈtɔːrtʃərɚ/

Meanings
noun
Someone who tortures.

Examples :

"The torturer inflicted pain on the suspect. "
inhuman person action suffering guilt war moral

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who noun

/huː/

A person under discussion; a question of which person.

"The teacher asked, "Who will present the project next week?" "

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someone noun

/ˈsʌmwʌn/

A partially specified but unnamed person.

"Do you need a gift for that special someone?"

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tortures noun

/ˈtɔrt͡ʃərz/ /ˈtɔrt͡ʃɚz/

Intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony

"In every war there are acts of torture that cause the world to shudder."

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suspect noun

/ˈsʌs.pɛkt/

A person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime.

"The police arrested the suspect in the school robbery. "

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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on verb

/ɒn/ /ɔn/

To switch on

"Can you on the light?"

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inflicted verb

/ɪnˈflɪktɪd/

To thrust upon; to impose.

"They inflicted terrible pains on her to obtain a confession."

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pain noun

/peɪn/

An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.

"I had to stop running when I started getting pains in my feet."