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Noun Concept
Categories: Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Modern instruments of torture, Ancient instruments of torture, Medieval instruments of torture, Temple of Artemis
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rack  wheel  caning rack  Intestinal crank  the rack
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An instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims WordNet 3.0
English:
torture device
torture
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An instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The rack is a torture device consisting of a rectangular, usually wooden frame, slightly raised from the ground, with a roller at one or both ends. Wikipedia
The breaking wheel, an old instrument of torture. Wiktionary
IS A
instrument of torture
list of methods of torture
appliance
HAS KIND
Duke of Exeter's daughter
DERIVATION
torment
rack
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
USE
torture
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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rack, wheel
Wikipedia
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rack (torture)
Wikidata
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rack
Wiktionary
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wheel
Wikipedia Redirections
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caning rack, Intestinal crank, Rack (torture device), the rack, Torture of the Rack, torture rack

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