to quarter
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9.9
- verb
- /ˈkwɔrtər/
- Offensive
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desmembrar
- The king ordered that the traitors be quartered as a warning to others.
- drawn and quartered
- hanged, drawn, and quartered
They also the six leaders were drawn and quartered and King Court was gibbeted alive.
- They also the six leaders were drawn and quartered and King Court was gibbeted alive.
Examples
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Brandreth, Ludlam, and Turner were sentenced to be hanged, drawn, and quartered.
Academic text (2010) -
He was hanged, drawn, and quartered.
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I should have you drawn and quartered!
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Have her drawn and quartered.
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Perhaps after that, you can have me drawn and quartered.
Fiction book (2002) -
I'll see you drawn and quartered!
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I'll see you drawn and quartered.
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Why am I the only one who wants to see that bastard drawn and quartered?
Fiction book (1999) -
Traitors are drawn and quartered, and their property taken by the Crown.
Fiction book (1993) -
In ancient times, traitors were often quartered publicly to instill fear.
Synonyms
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9.9
Pull a person apart by tying their limbs to horses
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9.9
To kill someone by tying limbs to four horses and pulling them apart, or to punish very harshly
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9.9
To threaten or kill someone by hanging, cutting their body open and dividing it into four parts
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
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9.9
To kill someone by tying limbs to four horses and pulling them apart, or to punish very harshly
- Offensive
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9.9
To threaten or kill someone by hanging, cutting their body open and dividing it into four parts
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.2
The time when the Moon looks half lit about one week after the new moon
- Specialized
4
4.1
Half the Moon is lit when it comes after a full moon and before a new moon
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3.7
A small, strong American horse bred for short, fast races like quarter-mile sprints
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7.5
Fighting that happens at very short distance between people, often hand-to-hand
- Specialized
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9.9
A vertical crack on the inside of a horse's front hoof that can make the horse limp
- Specialized
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7.2
A small curved strip of wood or plastic used where a floor meets a wall to hide the gap
- Archaic
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9.9
A local court in England and Wales that met four times a year to try crimes before 1972
- Archaic
A unit of length equal to 10,000 km, one fourth of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator
- Specialized
A musical interval half the size of a semitone used in some modern and non-Western music
- US
A woody vine from the southern United States with bright flowers and a cross-shaped stem when cut
- Specialized
A book with its spine and most of the sides covered in a different material like leather
Surface Forms
Etymology
Quarter comes from Latin quartus 'fourth', and in history the terrible act called 'quartering' meant dividing a body into four parts, which is why the word was used for that execution.