| 单词 | strappado |
| 释义 | strappado (once / 145918 pages) n WORD FAMILY strappado: strappadoes USAGE EXAMPLESIf the podesta lays hold of you, it means the strappado, and perhaps worse. Sastrow, Bartholomew, Bartholomew Sastrow—Being the Memoi...(2010) A tooth out, the strappado, or the rack? Bird, Richard, The Gay Adventure—A Romance(2010) Nay, rather the strappado for me, at any time, than abandonment to foolishness so crass as this would be. Dawson, A. J. (Alec John), The Record of Nicholas Freydon—An A...(2010) n 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 Syn|Hyper strapado 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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