Roger Waters

Not the torturer will scare me, nor the body's final fall, nor the barrels of death's rifles, nor the shadows on the wall, nor the night when to the ground the last dim star of pain, is hurled but the blind indifference of a merciless, unfeeling world.

British Musician

Noam Chomsky

In February 2004, the two traditional torturers of Haiti - France and the United States - combined to back a military coup and send President Aristide off to Africa. The U.S. denies him permission to return to the entire region.

American Activist

Arundhati Roy

Torture has been privatized now, so you have obviously the whole scandal in America about the abuse of prisoners and the fact that, army people might be made to pay a price, but who are the privatized torturers accountable too?

Indian Novelist

Andrew Marr

Interviews, and hence interviewers, are there to help shed light, and to let viewers judge for themselves. We are not judges, juries, commentators or torturers - nor friends, either.

British Journalist

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.

English Writer

Naveen Andrews

I couldn't bloody believe a prime-time TV show would have an Iraqi ex-Republican Guard torturer as a main character.

British Actor

Tony Kushner

As a playwright, you are a torturer of actors and of the audience as well. You inflict things on people.

American Playwright

Nagma

During the 35 years of Left regime, there was no independence. We were left at the hands of torturers.

Indian Politician

Carl Jung

The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.

Swiss Psychologist

Fernando Flores

I never blamed Pinochet, or my torturers, or external circumstances.

Chilean Politician

The word 'torturer' typically carries a very negative meaning, implying cruelty.

Negative Connotation

'Torturer' can be used to describe a historical role in periods where torture was legal.

Historical Context

While 'torturer' often implies physical pain, it can also refer to psychological torment.

Physical and Mental

Refers often to an inner force or feeling that causes emotional suffering.

Internal Struggle

Used metaphorically, 'torturer' personifies emotions or thoughts causing distress.

Metaphorical Use

Beyond humans, 'torturer' can describe circumstances or diseases as tormentors.

Extended Meanings

 confronting her daughter's murderer and torturer in court. Here you're going to see no false emotion, just the authentic expression of a mother's agony. Erin I wrote this statement on the third anniversary of the night you took my baby, and you hurt her, and you crushed her,

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 parts of my day where I'm inside a book somewhere and I'm in trouble with my mother so I'm hiding in the toilet or in the bathroom oh-hoh with a torturer with