🇬🇧 Torturer meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A torturer is someone who makes another person suffer on purpose, usually by hurting them again and again to scare them or force them to tell information. It is cruel, very wrong, and against the law in most of the world.

The math homework felt like it was designed by a secret torturer who really hated free time.

The dentist promised he wasn’t a torturer, but that drill sound definitely disagreed.

My cat acts like a toy torturer, batting the same stuffed mouse for hours without mercy.

Our gym teacher turned into a noodle-leg torturer when he made us run just one more lap… five times.

The alarm clock is a professional sleep torturer that attacks at exactly 6:30 a.m.

The prisoner watched the torturer, a small torturer with steady hands, bring cold metal. The torturer tightened leather straps; the torturer's face stayed calm as he asked questions. The prisoner cried the name he could not hide. The torturer paused, set down his tools, and left; relief flooded the tiny room.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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