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What is the noun for torment?

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torment
  1. (obsolete) A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
  2. Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
  3. Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Then the two captains, seeing the impossibility of enduring the torment of thirst any longer, pretended to find two casks of water.”
      “Yet he lived with the torment of his addiction, and his sporadic attempts to break it, for a further 18 years.”
      “Her association with the poet had been a personal torment, yet it was also a source of pride and she never let anyone forget about it.”
tormentor
  1. Someone who torments.
  2. An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The Jew beholds his tormentor dressed in the vestments of his own ancient culture.”
      “At the same time, the ballboys had to wipe the sweat from the baseline on Mirnyi's side of the court as his tormentor worked him into a lather.”
      “The torture situation is an external conflict, a conflict between the subject and his tormentor.”
tormentry
  1. (obsolete) Anything producing torment, annoyance, or pain.
tormentrix
tormentress
tormenter
  1. Alternative spelling of tormentor
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The school bully was known as a tormenter, as he constantly targeted and intimidated the weaker students.”
      “Kimberlin, who looks and softly speaks like a miniaturized clone of David Strathairn, could not lay a glove on his tormenter.”
      “But the tormented remains greater than the tormenter and serves as a worthy example to the most unfortunate.”
tormentour
  1. Obsolete form of tormentor.
tormenting
tormentresses
  1. plural of tormentress
tormentings
tormentours
  1. plural of tormentour
tormenters
  1. plural of tormenter
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Pakistan's rulers have developed a strange fetish for lionizing its tormenters.”
      “They do not condemn their weaker brothers and sisters who, unable to endure their sufferings, yielded to the demands of their tormenters.”
      “Somehow this group of dolphins also eluded their tormenters and so the 6 returned to port without dolphins.”
tormentors
  1. plural of tormentor
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  3. Examples:
    1. “With his first film, he turned ferociously on his tormentors, mocking their hypocritical views on freedom.”
      “That teenage boy is going to do his best to identify the nameless, faceless tormentors, and draw them into a public reckoning.”
      “With no thought for their own safety, the women took a decision to give evidence against their tormentors in court.”
tormentries
  1. plural of tormentry
torments
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