| 单词 | bastinado |
| 释义 | bastinado (once / 13386 pages) nv WORD FAMILY bastinado: bastinadoed, bastinadoes, bastinadoing, bastinados USAGE EXAMPLESIn every Arab village the sheik was a petty tyrant, who could bastinado the miserable fellahs at his will. Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn), From Egypt to Japan(2012) For most offences the bastinado is inflicted, but for heinous crimes capital punishments are enforced. Rameur, E., The Catholic World; Volume I, Issue...(2012) They took me before the Cadi, who ordered me to receive one hundred bastinadoes, and sent me to the galleys. Foote, G. W. (George William), Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and...(2012) 1n a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels Syn|Hyper falanga torture, torturing 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 2n a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet Hyper cudgel a club that is used as a weapon 3v beat somebody on the soles of the feet Hyper beat hit repeatedly |
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