draw and quarter

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draw and quarter

verb draws and quarters · drawing and quartering · drew and quartered · drawn and quartered

  1. historical, transitive To execute (someone) by castration, disembowelling, beheading and quartering.
  2. figuratively, transitive To severely punish or criticize someone.

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verb tо execute a person

中文車裂 /车裂, 轘 /𮝹, 轘裂 /𮝹裂, 轘臠 /𮝹脔, 轘磔 /𮝹磔
Françaisécarteler
Italianosquartare
Русскийчетвертова́ть četvertovátʹ

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@misc{draw_and_quarter_2026,
  title = {draw and quarter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/draw%20and%20quarter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}