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Meanings of persecutor in English

Catalan
turmentador
Spanish
atosigador

Someone who torments.

turmentador
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Examples for "tormentor"
Examples for "tormentor"
1
But Cullossax was a tormentor, and was not used to such exertion.
The Wyrmling Horde
2
The showman moistened his lips and offered his tormentor a blanched face.
Bucky O'Connor: A Tale of the Unfenced Border
3
Julius walled his eyes at his tormentor and ran for the body.
The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln
4
The tormentor laughed at the jest, then seemed to get an idea.
The Wyrmling Horde
5
This he did only because his tormentor forced him to do so.
The Lair of Bones
1
And even in the wilds of Wisconsin it was still my tormenter.
Thirty Years in the Itinerancy
2
There was a last ironic laugh, and his tormenter was gone.
The Neutronium Alchemist
3
The facilitator cleared his throat in disgust and issued an order to the tormenter.
The Lair of Bones
4
She knew her tormenter was watching her right now, amused at her silly mistakes.
Watch them die
5
Slideshow (6 images) Jack is bullied there and almost drowned by his main tormenter.
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Usage of persecutor in English
1
Her inmost heart turned away from the persecutor and toward the persecuted.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
2
Fell hatred fills its pages for the persecutor and for the heretic.
The Chief End of Man
3
He desires to be a persecutor by the pang without the palm.
The Barbarism of Berlin
4
Their persecutor had now succeeded in reducing Strike's business to two clients.
Career of Evil
5
From this time this persecutor became a disciple of the Lord Jesus.
A Narrative of some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller. P...
6
He only succeeded in disturbing his persecutor, which wound itself still tighter.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction
7
Once more I stood before my angry persecutor, looking hate and defiance.
Rattlin the Reefer
8
Fortunately her persecutor was regarding his stubborn coffee as he stirred it.
Laramie Holds the Range
9
Severity of the Persecution.-Itwas the persecutor's hope utterly to exterminate Christianity.
The Life of St. Paul
10
I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious, says Paul.
Bunyan Characters (2nd Series)
11
Why do ye stay your hand from the throat of your persecutor?
The Danish History, Books I-IX
12
Nay, art thou not a desperate persecutor of the children of God?
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01
13
John Peter, son-in-law of Alexander, a horrid blasphemer and persecutor, died wretchedly.
Fox's Book of Martyrs / Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, a...
14
The fanaticism both of the persecutor and the persecuted worked in their behalf.
History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Volume 01
15
He said a few stern words in Dutch, and my persecutor shrank away.
Sherlock Holmes: The complete canon
16
There he lay in wait for his persecutor who followed in hot pursuit.
Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life
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