radbraken - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

From Middle Dutch radebraken. Equivalent to rad (“wheel”) +‎ braken (“to break”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑtˌbraː.kə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: rad‧bra‧ken

radbraken

1. (transitive) to break on the wheel (to kill by a historical mode of torturous execution)
2. (transitive) to wreck, to expose to excessive duress, to exhaust
3. (transitive) to maim linguistically, to spoil by appalling phrasing

• ledebraken

• Negerhollands: rabraak