thumbscrew
noun[C]
uk/ˈθʌm.skruː/us/ˈθʌm.skruː/(alsoscrews)adeviceusedespeciallyin the past totorturepeople(=causethemgreatpain)bycrushingtheirthumbs
拇指夹（旧时的刑具）Punishing by causing pain
- birch
- cane
- caning
- cat-o'-nine-tails
- corporal punishment
- flagellate
- horsewhip
- lynch
- lynch law
- lynching
- mortification
- paddle
- smack
- spanking
- tar and feathersomeoneidiom
- thrashing
- waterboard
- waterboarding
- whip
- whipping