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break upon the wheel

break upon the wheel verb: to execute using a breaking wheel.

Verb

break upon the wheel (third-person singular simple present breaks upon the wheel, present participle breaking upon the wheel, simple past broke upon the wheel, past participle broken upon the wheel)

  1. To execute using a breaking wheel.
    • For his rapacity, the guardsman was broken upon the wheel.2006, Roger Ekirch, At Day's Close, page 63

Forms of break upon the wheel

third-person singular presentbreaks upon the wheel
present participlebreaking upon the wheel
pastbroke upon the wheel
past participlebroken upon the wheel

Questions about break upon the wheel

What does break upon the wheel mean?
Break upon the wheel means to execute using a breaking wheel.
What part of speech is break upon the wheel?
Break upon the wheel is a verb.
What is the past tense of break upon the wheel?
The past tense of break upon the wheel is broke upon the wheel.

Words near break upon the wheel in the dictionary

  1. break the wheel
  2. break through
  3. break time
  4. break times
  5. break up
  6. break upon the wheel
  7. break ups
  8. break water
  9. break wedlock
  10. break wind
  11. break with

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