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Meaning of forcipation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers

rare, uncountable

Examples

“And à punishment surely it is , though of great terror , yet by reason of the quick dispatching , of less torment far than either the wheel or forcipation , yea than simple burning”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

forcipressure forcipulatacean forcipulate forcipulatid forcipule forcite

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