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Punishment Used By Some Hit Men Crossword Clue

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99%11Exact Match!
noun

• a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint

verb

• shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning

24%8 Extreme physical pain inflicted as punishment or punishment
noun

• extreme mental distress

• unbearable physical pain

• intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

• the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

• 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

verb

• torment emotionally or mentally

• subject to torture

23%8 Pitch intended to hit the batter as a form of punishment
noun

• a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head

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New York Times05 Apr 2019 Down 18
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