"break upon the wheel" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: breaks upon the wheel [present, singular, third-person], breaking upon the wheel [participle, present], broke upon the wheel [past], broken upon the wheel [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|break<,,broke,broken> upon the wheel}} break upon the wheel (third-person singular simple present breaks upon the wheel, present participle breaking upon the wheel, simple past broke upon the wheel, past participle broken upon the wheel)
  1. To execute using a breaking wheel.
    Sense id: en-break_upon_the_wheel-en-verb-WRSL6uUd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for break upon the wheel meaning in English (1.2kB)

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