HyperDic: nail_removal

English > 1 sense of the expression nail removal:
NOUNactnail removal, nail pullinga form of torture in which the fingernails or toenails are removed
English > nail removal: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningA form of torture in which the fingernails or toenails are removed.
Synonymnail pulling
Broadertorture, torturingThe 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

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