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STRAPPADO
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Irregular inflected form: strappadoes
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope
Synonyms:
strapado; strappado
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("strappado" is a kind of...):
torture; torturing (the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason)
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