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draw and quarter

/ draw and quarter /

verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1

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"

Type of:

kill

Derived:

one-fourth fourth quarter fourth part twenty-five percent

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something with something

Semantic Complexity

47%

Sense Count

1

Total Synonyms

0

Total Relationships

6

Times Searched

3

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