INSTRUMENT OF TORTURE

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Meaning:

An instrument of punishment designed and used to inflict torture on the condemned person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("instrument of torture" is a kind of...):

instrument of punishment (an instrument designed and used to punish a condemned person)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "instrument of torture"):

boot; iron boot; iron heel; the boot (an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg)

iron maiden (instrument of torture consisting of a hollow iron frame shaped like the human body and lined with spikes to impale the victim)

rack; wheel (an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims)

thumbscrew (instrument of torture that crushes the thumb)