English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “tormentor”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for tormentor is tor-men-tor, with 2 possible break points in this result.

US English hyphenation
tor-men-tor
3 segments2 break points
British English pattern result tor-ment-or The GB pattern set returns a different line-break pattern. Pattern differences are not automatically treated as a linguistic US/UK difference.
Wordtormentor
Hyphenationtor-men-tor
Break points2
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciationtɔːˈmɛntə
Meaning & usage

What does “tormentor” mean?

tormentor: a person who inflicts severe mental or physical suffering on someone.

Headwordtormentor
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciationtɔːˈmɛntə
1
noun

a person who inflicts severe mental or physical suffering on someone.

Example: “they help victims of domestic violence escape their tormentors”

Word breaks

How “tormentor” is split

tor·men·tor

For US English, the hyphenation result is tor-men-tor. This gives 2 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns tor-ment-or.

Quick answers

Questions about “tormentor”

How do you hyphenate “tormentor”?

In the US-English result used here, tormentor is hyphenated as tor-men-tor.

Where can “tormentor” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 2 possible break points.

What does “tormentor” mean?

a person who inflicts severe mental or physical suffering on someone.

Can you use “tormentor” in a sentence?

“they help victims of domestic violence escape their tormentors”

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