Meaning

1 senses
  1. Someone who tortures.

    Folterknecht

    пала́чpaláč, мучи́тельmučítelʹ, мучи́тельницаmučítelʹnica

    мучи́тельmučýtelʹ, катkat

More definitions
  • someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion)

Examples

4 sentences
  1. I'm a doctor, not a torturer.

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  2. A person worse than the torturer exists: it's his assistant.

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  3. Many of Guantanamo's interrogators were trained torturers.

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  4. The torturer gave Skura an extremely painful pinch.

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Translations

9 languages
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Forms

plural: torturers
Singulartorturer
Pluraltorturers

regular

Word family

2 related words
Relatedtorture
Derivedtorturess

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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