Hang, draw and quarter

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo execute (someone) by hanging until nearly dead, followed by castration, disembowelling, beheading and quartering; especially as a punishment for high treason.

2.VerbTo savagely attack, or attempt to utterly destroy.

"hanged, drawn and quartered by the press"

Synonyms

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