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breaking wheel

torture device used for capital punishment
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breaking wheel

Summary

breaking wheel is an execution method[1]. It draws 11,765 Wikipedia views per month (execution_method category, ranking #11 of 40).[2]

Key Facts

  • breaking wheel's instance of is recorded as execution method[3].
  • breaking wheel is a type of mirror punishment[4].
  • breaking wheel is a type of torture instrument[5].
  • breaking wheel is used for torture[6].
  • breaking wheel's Commons category is recorded as Breaking wheels[7].
  • breaking wheel's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Breaking wheels[8].
  • breaking wheel's Commons gallery is recorded as Catherine wheel[9].
  • breaking wheel's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • breaking wheel's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • breaking wheel's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • breaking wheel's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[13].
  • breaking wheel's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14].
  • breaking wheel's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • breaking wheel's partially coincident with is recorded as rack[16].

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Definition and Type

breaking wheel's instance of is recorded as execution method[3]. Recorded subclass of include mirror punishment[4] and torture instrument[5].

Use and Application

breaking wheel is used for torture[6].

Influence

Things named for breaking wheel include Catherine wheel[17].

Why It Matters

breaking wheel draws 11,765 Wikipedia views per month (execution_method category, ranking #11 of 40).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Entities named for it include Catherine wheel[17].

Related Entities

Catherine of Alexandria

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → mirror punishment, torture instrument
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition +3
    Aliases → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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