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Instrument Of Torture Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is RACK which was last seen in the Telegraph Quick crossword.
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noun

• rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton

• the destruction or collapse of something

• an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims

• a support for displaying ot holding various articles

• a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body

• a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately

verb

• go at a rack

• stretch to the limits

• put on a rack and pinion

• obtain by coercion or intimidation

• run before a gale

• fly in high wind

• draw off from the lees

• torment emotionally or mentally

• work on a rack

• seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block

• place in a rack

• torture on the rack

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noun

• instrument of torture that crushes the thumb

• screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers

32%9 A medieval instrument of torture
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