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Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot

KieliKäännökset
espanjaatormentador
hollantischorpioen
italiatormentatore, vessatore, carnefice
kreikkaβασανιστής (vasanistís), βασανίστρια (vasanístria)
portugalialgoz
puoladręczyciel
saksaPeiniger
suomiahdistaja, kiusaaja, kiusanhenki, tärkeilijä
turkkieziyetçi, işkenceci
venäjäмучи́тель (mutšítel), мучи́тельница (mutšítelnitsa), мучитель (mutšitel)

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Substantiivi

  1. One who torments; a person, animal, or object that causes suffering.
  2. (archaic) A person delegated to torture prisoners.
  3. (figuratively) Something abstract that causes suffering.
  4. (theater) One of a pair of narrow curtains just behind the front curtain and teaser that mask the areas on the sides of the stage and can be adjusted to the desired width.
  5. An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels.
  6. (obsolete, nautical) A long meat-fork.

Esimerkit

  • Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings. — Milton.
  • The most persistent tormentor was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who scored a hat-trick in last month’s corresponding fixture in Iceland. His ability to run at defences is instantly striking, but it is his clever use of possession that has persuaded some shrewd judges that he is an even better prospect than Theo Walcott.

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