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单词 squassation
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squassation

[ skwo-sey-shuhn ]
/ skwɒˈseɪ ʃən /

noun

a form of strappado in which the victim, with arms bound behind and feet heavily weighted, was jerked up and down at the end of a rope passed under the arms.

Origin of squassation

1725–35; <Italian squass(are) to shake severely (<Vulgar Latin *exquassāre;see squash1) + -ation

Words nearby squassation

squash-blossom, squash bug, squash ladder, squash vine borer, squashy, squassation, squat, squatter, squatter sovereignty, squatter's right, squat thrust
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