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STRAPPADO (strappadoes)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does strappado mean?
• STRAPPADO (noun)
The noun STRAPPADO 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: STRAPPADO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("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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