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squassation

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squas⋅sa⋅tion

  [skwo-sey-shuhn]
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–noun
a form of strappado in which the victim, with arms bound behind and feet heavily weighted, was jerked up and down at the end of a rope passed under the arms.
Origin:
1725–35; < It squass(are) to shake severely (< VL *exquassāre; see squash 1 ) + -ation
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