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draw and quarter

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 Definition: [v]  pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him; "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"
 
 Synonyms: draw, quarter
 
 See Also: kill

 

 

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 Related Terms: defoliate, denude, dismember, flay, grill, impale, keelhaul, lacerate, maim, mangle, mutilate, peel, pick to pieces, picket, pull apart, rack, shred, skin, strip, take apart, tar and feather, tear apart, tear to pieces, tear to tatters, torture
 

 

 

 

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