| 单词 | braining |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈbraining ˈbraining n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [noun] > braining braining1440 brain-shed1856 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 47 Braynynge or kyllynge, excerebracio. 1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades iii. 54 With brayning be he sped, And for his gilte, let of his ympes the braines be also shed. 1687 C. Mather Mil. Duties 18 The Braining of this Giant is of as much Importance perhaps as any one thing in your Warr-fare. 1836 Museum of Foreign Lit. 1 359/2 I contemplated..the diabolical pleasure that the braining of the wretch would give me. 1871 Daily News 26 May 5/6 Denouncing becomes fashionable, and denouncing is followed in the French natural sequence by braining. 1991 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 15 Sept. a1 It was the first of hundreds of direct actions to stop everything from the braining of baby seals to the discharge of toxic sludge. 2004 L. Ellinghausen in A. Hager Age of Milton 329 The villain D'Amville's accidental braining of himself with an axe must be seen as the King of Kings carrying out His own revenge. < as lemmas |
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