break on the wheel
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break on the wheel
verb breaks on the wheel · breaking on the wheel · broke on the wheel · broken on the wheel
- To fasten (a criminal etc.) to a wheel and break his limbs or beat him to death. Despite protesting his innocence under torture, the sexagenarian father was condemned by the Parlement in March 1762 to be broken on the wheel, a fate which he bore with stoical fortitude.
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verb to execute by beating
| Français | rouer |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | rädern |
| Română | trage pe roată |
| Русский | колесова́ть kolesovátʹ |
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