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dravidic |
draw |
draw a bead on |
draw a blank |
draw a line |
draw and quarter
| draw away
| draw back
| draw close
| draw in
| draw near
draw and quarter
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb draw and quarter has 1 sense
- draw and quarter(v = verb.social) draw, quarter - 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" is one way to kill
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
THESAURUS
draw and quarter
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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