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broke on the wheel

broke on the wheel is the simple past 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

Questions about broke on the wheel

What is broke on the wheel the simple past of?
Broke on the wheel is the simple past of break on the wheel.

Words near broke on the wheel in the dictionary

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

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