| NOUN | act | falanga, bastinado | a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels |
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| Sounds | faalaa'nggah | |
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| Rhymes | Aga ... yoga: 28 rhymes with gah... | |
| Meaning | A form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels. | |
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| Synonym | bastinado | |
| 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 | |
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