| NOUN | artifact | bastinado | a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet |
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| act | bastinado, falanga | a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels | |
| VERB | contact | bastinado | beat somebody on the soles of the feet |
| Meaning | A cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet. | |
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| Broader | cudgel | A club that is used as a weapon |
| Verbs | bastinado | beat somebody on the soles of the feet |
| Meaning | A form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | falanga | |
| Broader | torture, torturing | The deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason |
| Spanish | falanga | |
| Catalan | falanga | |
| Meaning | Beat somebody on the soles of the feet. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Broader | beat | hit repeatedly |
| Nouns | bastinado | a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet |
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