suplicio — meaning in English
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English meaning
- execution noun The act of carrying out a plan, task, or performance, and how skillfully it is done.
- gallows noun A wooden frame used for hanging condemned prisoners.
- nightmare noun A frightening or unpleasant dream.
- ordeal noun A very difficult, painful, or exhausting experience.
- torture noun The deliberate infliction of severe pain, especially to punish someone or force information out of them.
Senses
suplicio is used for these senses in English:
- execution The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.
- gallows A wooden framework on which persons are executed by hanging. [from 1300s]
- torture The infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or punishment; (usually in the plural) a technique, method, or device which is designed to inflict such anguish.
- torture (in figurative or extended use) An unpleasant sensation or its infliction: embarrassment, heartache, etc.
execution — full definition
- noun The act of carrying out a plan, task, or performance, and how skillfully it is done.
- noun The act of putting a condemned person to death.
- noun In computing, the process of running a program.