# hang, draw and quarter

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To execute (someone) by hanging until nearly dead, followed by castration, disembowelling, beheading and quartering; especially as a punishment for high treason.
2. To savagely attack, or attempt to utterly destroy.

## Etymology
From hang + draw and quarter.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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