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FALANGA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does falanga mean?
• FALANGA (noun)
The noun FALANGA has 1 sense:
1. a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels
Familiarity information: FALANGA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
bastinado; falanga
Hypernyms ("falanga" 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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