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falanga
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | falanga - a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgelsbastinadotorturing, torture - 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; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession" |
Falanga
A form of torture which consists of beating the soles of the victim’s feet with a solid object, which disables the victim and minimises the risk of escape. The resultant soft tissue swelling can cause an intense compartmental syndrome resulting in necrosisfalanga
Synonyms for falanganoun a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgelsSynonymsRelated Words |