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broke upon the wheel

broke upon the wheel is the simple past 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 broke upon the wheel

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

Words near broke upon the wheel in the dictionary

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

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