Defenition of the word thumbscrew

• Defenition of the word thumbscrew

  • screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers
  • formerly used to torture by squeezing the thumbs
  • instrument of torture that crushes the thumb

Hypernyms for the word thumbscrew

• • instrument of torture
  • screw

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