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kittee

/ˈkɪt.iː/

Traduction: Nom désignant une forme de torture historiquement utilisée par certains peuples autochtones d'Amérique, consistant à comprimer des parties sensibles du corps entre deux planches jusqu'à ce que la victime ne puisse plus supporter la douleur.

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/ˈkɪt.iː/formal
  • frNom désignant une forme de torture historiquement utilisée par certains peuples autochtones d'Amérique, consistant à comprimer des parties sensibles du corps entre deux planches jusqu'à ce que la victime ne puisse plus supporter la douleur.

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.

  1. Torture deviceC2formalamerican

    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.

    frInstrument de torture à planches

    • 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.