Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who tortures, in any sense; especially, one who executed or superintended the execution of torture ordered by a tribunal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who tortures; a tormentor.
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- noun Someone who
tortures .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion)
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Examples
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The thing that distinguishes a torturer from a soldier is that the former faces no risk whatsoever of hurt in return, while the latter is always putting his own life at risk.
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If the president pardons a convicted torturer is he “upholding” the law or “not upholding” the law?
Matthew Yglesias » Conservatives’ Unhinged Attacks on Nancy Pelosi 2009
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Looking at 18 USC 2340 (1) and (2) (d), and noting that under 18 USC 2340A, if death results in the course of torture, that the torturer is subject to the death penalty.
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The Bush legacy as a 21st century torturer is already cemented, but we've got a flip flop on waterboarding: A senior Justice Department official says laws and other limits enacted since three terrorism suspects were waterboarded have eliminated the technique from what is now legally allowed.
Now, top Bush official who approved waterboarding says it isn't legal 2008
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The Bush legacy as a 21st century torturer is already cemented, but we've got a flip flop on waterboarding: A senior Justice Department official says laws and other limits enacted since three terrorism suspects were waterboarded have eliminated the technique from what is now legally allowed.
Now, top Bush official who approved waterboarding says it isn't legal 2008
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Presumably, the chief harm to others in torturing animals that are the property of the torturer is psychic.
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The primary premise of any torturer is that the victim is guilty.
Think Progress » Fox News: “Why All The Fuss About Torturing People?” 2005
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Either way, the effect on the torturer is a moral and spiritual disaster.
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What do you call a group of men clamoring to be the biggest torturer, that is the Republican field?
"If the gender game worked when Rick Lazio muscled into her space, why shouldn’t it work when Obama and Edwards muster some mettle?" Ann Althouse 2007
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In Chile and in Argentina, the torturer was the friendly neighbor all along.
Think Progress » Limbaugh demeans American servicewomen. 2007
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