bastinado Antonyms
Meaning of bastinado
bastinado (n)
a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet
a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels
bastinado (v)
beat somebody on the soles of the feet
bastinado (n.)
A blow with a stick or cudgel.
A sound beating with a stick or cudgel. Specifically: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his feet.
bastinado (v. t.)
To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.
bastinado Sentence Examples
- The accused received a severe bastinado as punishment for their crimes.
- The soles of his feet were swollen and bruised after the brutal bastinado.
- The executioner mercilessly administered the bastinado upon the prisoner.
- The guards used a heavy stick to inflict a painful bastinado on the rebellious inmate.
- The bastinado was a form of torture that was frequently employed during the 17th century.
- The bastinado consisted of repeated blows to the soles of the feet with a heavy stick.
- The intensity of the bastinado varied depending on the severity of the offense.
- Prisoners subjected to a severe bastinado often suffered permanent injuries.
- The bastinado is now widely condemned as a cruel and inhumane form of punishment.
- The use of bastinado as a form of judicial punishment has been abolished in most civilized countries.
FAQs About the word bastinado
a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet, a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels, beat somebo
cane,baton, rod, bludgeon, shillelagh, waddy, hammer, mallet, nightstick, birch
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The accused received a severe bastinado as punishment for their crimes.
The soles of his feet were swollen and bruised after the brutal bastinado.
The executioner mercilessly administered the bastinado upon the prisoner.
The guards used a heavy stick to inflict a painful bastinado on the rebellious inmate.
