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INSTRUMENT OF TORTURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An instrument of punishment designed and used to inflict torture on the condemned person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("instrument of torture" is a kind of...):
instrument of punishment (an instrument designed and used to punish a condemned person)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "instrument of torture"):
boot; iron boot; iron heel; the boot (an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg)
iron maiden (instrument of torture consisting of a hollow iron frame shaped like the human body and lined with spikes to impale the victim)
rack; wheel (an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims)
thumbscrew (instrument of torture that crushes the thumb)
