Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb draw_and_quarter

1 sense of draw and quarter

Sense 1
draw, quarter, draw and quarter -- (pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him; "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes")
       => kill -- (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays")