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    STRAPPADO

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected form: strappadoes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     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 ropeplay

    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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