STRAPADO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does strapado mean? 

• STRAPADO (noun)
  The noun STRAPADO has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: STRAPADO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRAPADO (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

strapado; strappado

Hypernyms ("strapado" 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)