'draw and quarter' definitions:
Definition of 'draw and quarter'
verb
Pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him; "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes" [syn:
draw,
quarter, draw and quarter]
Synonyms of 'draw and quarter'
- defoliate,
- denude,
- dismember,
- flay,
- grill,
- impale,
- keelhaul,
- lacerate,
- maim,
- mangle,
- mutilate,
- peel,
- pick to pieces,
- picket,
- pull apart,
- rack,
- shred,
- skin,
- strip,
- take apart,
- tar and feather,
- tear apart,
- tear to pieces,
- tear to tatters,
- torture
