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 Translation for 'spreadeagled' from English to Slovak
VERB   to spreadeagle | spreadeagled | spreadeagled
spreadeagling | spreadeagles
s roztiahnutými rukami a nohamispreadeagled
roztiahnutý na n-čo{adj} {pres-p} [ležiaci s roztiahnutými končatinami]spreadeagled on sth.
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Usage Examples English
  • This time, when he reaches the Green Star planet, he sees a boy about 16 spreadeagled to a branch with rawhide, so as to be killed by marauding animals (or to die of starvation, so his body may be scavenged).
  • Alternatively, the condemned were spreadeagled and broken on a saltire, a cross consisting of two wooden beams nailed in an "X" shape, after which the victim's mangled body might be displayed on the wheel.
  • His body was taken Muzaffarabad where it was tied spreadeagled on a truck and paraded through the city with a loudspeaker proclaiming that this would be the fate of every Indian VC.
  • During the American Civil War, soldiers convicted of theft, sleeping on duty, or cowardice could be punished by being tied spreadeagled to a large wooden wheel for five to six hours.
  • For example, the commander of one rifle division is said to have "personally shot a lieutenant who was lining up a group of his men before a German woman spreadeagled on the ground".

  • Thunderbirds in this tradition may be depicted as a spreadeagled bird (wings horizontal head in profile), but also quite common with the head facing forward, thus presenting an X-shaped appearance overall [...] (see under §Iconography below).
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