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kittee

/ˈkɪt.iː/

Traducción: Sustantivo que designa una forma de tortura históricamente usada por algunos pueblos indígenas de América, en la que las partes sensibles del cuerpo se comprimían entre dos tablas hasta que la víctima ya no podía soportar el dolor.

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noun

formalcommon/ˈkɪt.iː/

A noun referring to a form of torture historically used by some Indigenous peoples of the Americas, in which sensitive body parts were compressed between two boards until the victim could no longer endure the pain.

  • 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa una forma de tortura históricamente usada por algunos pueblos indígenas de América, en la que las partes sensibles del cuerpo se comprimían entre dos tablas hasta que la víctima ya no podía soportar el dolor.
  1. Torture device C2 formal american

    A historical form of torture used by some Native American tribes, involving the compression of sensitive body parts between two boards until the victim could no longer endure the pain.

    • The captive was subjected to the kittee until he revealed the location of his tribe.
    • Historical accounts describe the kittee as a brutal method of interrogation.
    • The use of the kittee was intended to break the spirit of the prisoner.

    🇪🇸Instrumento de tortura indígena