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Yes, strappado is playable

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"Strappado" Definition

noun

A form of torture in which the victim is lifted off the ground by a rope attached to the wrists, which have been tied behind the back, and then is dropped partway to the ground with a jerk.
The apparatus employed in this method of torture.
A punishment or torture in which the subject is hoisted by rope and allowed to fall its full length.
A machine used to inflict this torture.

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