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verb • To punish by dragging under the keel of a ship. • To rebuke harshly. | ||||
| 26% | 4 | Old naval punishment | ||
noun • any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids • leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip • a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object verb • beat severely with a whip or rod • lash or flick about sharply • strike as if by whipping • bind with a rope, chain, or cord | ||||
| 25% | 8 | Extreme physical pain inflicted as punishment or punishment | ||
noun • extreme mental distress • unbearable physical pain • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain • the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean • the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason verb • torment emotionally or mentally • subject to torture | ||||
Former Naval Punishment
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KEELHAUL which was last seen in the The Guardian Speedy crossword.
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KEELHAUL
Updated: October 15, 2023
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