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tormentor in French

tormentor in French is bourreau — tormentor means a person, animal, or thing that causes ongoing suffering or distress.

tormentor in French

bourreau
noun
One who torments; a person, animal, or object that causes suffering.

What does "tormentor" mean?

  1. noun A person, animal, or thing that causes ongoing suffering or distress.
    "His younger brother was his childhood tormentor."
  2. noun In theatre, one of a pair of narrow curtains just behind the front curtain that hides the sides of the stage from the audience.
    "The stagehand adjusted the tormentors before the lights came up."

tormentor in a sentence

  • His younger brother was his childhood tormentor.
  • The heat was the runners' biggest tormentor that afternoon.
  • The stagehand adjusted the tormentors before the lights came up.

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What is "tormentor" in French?

"tormentor" in French is bourreau. tormentor means: A person, animal, or thing that causes ongoing suffering or distress.

How do you use "tormentor" in a sentence?

Example: "His younger brother was his childhood tormentor." In French, "tormentor" is bourreau.

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