Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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bastinado | Yes | No | Yes | No |
torturing | Yes | Yes | No | No |
bastinado (noun) | torturing (noun) |
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a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels | 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 |
a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet |
bastinado (adjective) | torturing (adjective) |
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extremely painful |
bastinado (verb) | torturing (verb) |
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beat somebody on the soles of the feet |