Adjective modifier

• chief: His chief tormentors were boys, who delighted to annoy him in every possible way.

• main: Since childhood, his main tormentor has been his own brother, but things have recently got much worse.

• racist: Mr Kamara, whose father is from Sierra Leone, has not assaulted his racist tormentors over the six years of living in Stubbington.

• former: TV pictures beamed world-wide showed joyous scenes as up to 100 ordinary Iraqis danced with joy at the humiliation of their former tormentor.

• personal: He wakes up in Hell, due for an eternity of torment and agony masterminded by his personal tormentor, Clarence.

• old: He manages to confront his old tormentor, an NVA captain.

Noun used with modifier

• childhood: A 16-year old boy carries a gun into his school an murders his childhood tormentor.