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breaks on the wheel

breaks on the wheel is the third-person singular simple present indicative of break on the wheel.

Meaning of break on the wheel

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To fasten (a criminal etc.) to a wheel and break his limbs or beat him to death.
    • Despite protesting his innocence under torture, the sexagenarian father was condemned by the Parlement in March 1762 to be broken on the wheel, a fate which he bore with stoical fortitude.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 270

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What is breaks on the wheel the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Breaks on the wheel is the third-person singular simple present indicative of break on the wheel.

Words near breaks on the wheel in the dictionary

  1. breaks loose
  2. breaks luck
  3. breaks of gauge
  4. breaks off
  5. breaks on
  6. breaks on the wheel
  7. breaks one off
  8. breaks one's ass
  9. breaks one's back
  10. breaks one's duck
  11. breaks one's fall

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