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breaking wheels

breaking wheels is the plural of breaking wheel.

Meaning of breaking wheel

Noun

breaking wheel (plural breaking wheels)

  1. (historical) A wheel used to break a restrained victim's limbs and body in an ancient European form of execution.
    Synonyms:
    Catherine wheel

Questions about breaking wheels

What is breaking wheels the plural of?
Breaking wheels is the plural of breaking wheel.

Words near breaking wheels in the dictionary

  1. breaking up
  2. breaking upon the wheel
  3. breaking water
  4. breaking wedlock
  5. breaking wheel
  6. breaking wheels
  7. breaking wind
  8. breaking with
  9. breaking with tradition
  10. breakingly
  11. breakings

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