draw and quarter

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
draw and quarter
    v 1: pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his
         extremities, so as to execute him; "in the old days, people
         were drawn and quartered for certain crimes" [syn: {draw},
         {quarter}, {draw and quarter}]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "draw and quarter":
      defoliate, denude, dismember, flay, grill, impale, keelhaul,
      lacerate, maim, mangle, mutilate, peel, pick to pieces, picket,
      pull apart, rack, shred, skin, strip, take apart, tar and feather,
      tear apart, tear to pieces, tear to tatters, torture
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