strapado

Noun

a form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope

synonym

strappado
hypernym

torture torturing

strapado vs strappado strapado vs torture strapado vs torturing

Other words that start with: “S”, “ST”, “STR”, “STRA” or end with: “O”, “DO”, “ADO”, “PADO”.

Other nouns that start with: “S”, “ST”, “STR”, “STRA” or end with: “O”, “DO”, “ADO”, “PADO”.

Words unscrambled from / built with letters: “STRAPADO”.

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