strappado

Speech parts

1. strappado - Noun

2. strappado - Verb

Meaning

A military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him fall to the length of the rope, by which means a limb was often dislocated.

To punish or torture by the strappado.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

strapado buffet gauntlet flagellation exile torture imprisonment beating rack confinement martyrdom incarceration torment banishment cuff
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Antonyms

drive freedom determination reward backbone redemption

Hypernyms

torture

Derivatives

strappadoes

Close letter words and terms

strapline straplined strapon strappadoes strapped strapped for cash