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kittee

/ˈkɪt.iː/

Tradução: Substantivo que designa uma forma de tortura historicamente usada por alguns povos indígenas das Américas, na qual partes sensíveis do corpo eram prensadas entre duas tábuas até que a vítima não suportasse mais a dor.

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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.

  • 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa uma forma de tortura historicamente usada por alguns povos indígenas das Américas, na qual partes sensíveis do corpo eram prensadas entre duas tábuas até que a vítima não suportasse mais a dor.
  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