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The Strappado is a form of torture in which the victim`s hands are first tied behind his or her back and suspended in the air by means of a rope attached to wrists, which most likely dislocates both arms. Weights may be added to the body to intensify the effect and increase the pain. Other names for strappado include `reverse hanging` and `Pal...
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form of torture in which victim is left dangling from a rope
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• (n.) 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. • (v. t.) To punish or torture by the strappado.
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Strap·pa'do noun ;
plural Strappadoes . [ Italian
strappata a pull, the strappado, from
strappare to pull, from Prov. German
strapfen : confer German
straff tense, stretched.] A military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to...
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Strappado was a former military punishment in which the victim was tied with a rope suspended from a beam, slowly raised above the ground and then suddenly dropped and caught, frequently causing dislocation of a limb.
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n] - torture in which a person`s hands and tied behind their back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists and that allowed to drop until their fall is checked by the rope
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strapado noun 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
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an old form of punishment or torture in which the victim, with arms bound behind, was raised from the ground by a rope fastened to the wrists, abruptly released, then arrested with a painful jerk just before reaching the ground. · the instrument used for this purpose.
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