THIRD DEGREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does third degree mean? 

• THIRD DEGREE (noun)
  The noun THIRD DEGREE has 1 sense:

1. interrogation often accompanied by torture to extort information or a confession

  Familiarity information: THIRD DEGREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THIRD DEGREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Interrogation often accompanied by torture to extort information or a confession

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("third degree" is a kind of...):

examination; interrogation; interrogatory (formal systematic questioning)

 Context examples 

A first degree burn is associated with redness, a second degree burn with vesication and a third degree burn with necrosis through the entire skin.

(Burn, Food and Drug Administration)