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Flagellation or flogging is the act of methodically beating or whipping (Latin flagellum, "whip") the human body. Specialised implements for it include rods, switches, the cat-o-nine-tails and the sjambok. Typically, flogging is imposed on an...
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| x Keelhauling |
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Keelhauling (Dutch kielhalen; "to drag along the keel"; German Kielholen; Danish kølhaling ) was a severe form of corporal punishment meted out to sailors at sea. The sailor was tied to a rope that looped beneath the vessel, thrown overboard on one...
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| x Hanging |
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Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature. Scientifically, the person dies by strangulation. The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death by suspension by the neck", although it...
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