What is "tormentors"

Usage examples of "tormentors".

The flies and insects which they believed had made their lives a misery during other intervals of their journey were as nothing to the swarms of winged and crawling tormentors which sought them out now.

The weapon glinted in the lamplight, and his would-be tormentors paused.

As vile and unforgivable as his crimes were, it is shocking how so many of his tormentors absolved themselves of any responsibility for his development.

Rather than go outside and face his tormentors, Joel chose to live among his own disorder where he could, in essence, wrap himself up in an imaginary cocoon.