dungeoning
/ˈdʌndʒənɪŋ/
verb
- The act of imprisoning someone in a dungeon.
- Dungeoning enemies was a common practice in medieval times.
- They are dungeoning the captured soldiers tonight.
- The king was dungeoning his rivals one by one.
noun
- The process or practice of confining people in dungeons.
- The novel describes the dungeoning of innocent villagers.
- Historians study the dungeoning of political prisoners.
- Dungeoning was a brutal method of punishment.