(~s)
Someone’s ~ is a person who deliberately causes them physical or mental pain.
...cases where women subjected to years of brutality lose control and kill their ~s.
N-COUNT: usu poss N
(~s)
Someone’s ~ is a person who deliberately causes them physical or mental pain.
...cases where women subjected to years of brutality lose control and kill their ~s.
N-COUNT: usu poss N
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012