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breaks upon the wheel

breaks upon the wheel is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 breaks upon the wheel

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

Words near breaks upon the wheel in the dictionary

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

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