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2 | 32% | 11 | Victim of a painful foot punishment | |
3 | 29% | 9 | Like a painful or cruel punishment | |
Painful Punishment Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "CANING" which means:
- noun
- • Work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches) verb
- • To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement
- • To destroy; to comprehensively defeat
- • To do something well, in a competent fashion
- • To produce extreme pain
- • To make or furnish with cane or rattan.
An example sentence would be:
- • "He received six strokes of caning for his misconduct."
- • "The use of caning as a form of punishment is controversial."
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New York Times16 Sep 1993 | Across 40 | |
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