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breaking upon the wheel

breaking upon the wheel is the present participle and gerund of break upon the wheel.

Meaning of break upon the 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

Questions about breaking upon the wheel

What is breaking upon the wheel the present participle and gerund of?
Breaking upon the wheel is the present participle and gerund of break upon the wheel.

Words near breaking upon the wheel in the dictionary

  1. breaking the story
  2. breaking the web
  3. breaking the wheel
  4. breaking through
  5. breaking up
  6. breaking upon the wheel
  7. breaking water
  8. breaking wedlock
  9. breaking wheel
  10. breaking wheels
  11. breaking wind

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