tormentor
/tɔːˈmɛntə/noun
A person who inflicts severe mental or physical suffering on someone: they help victims of domestic violence escape their tormentors...
- He was too small to do much against his tormentors.
- In a fit of anger, he takes extreme action to deal with his tormentor.
- I curl up into a ball and remain like that until my tormentors have gone away.
