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spreadeagle verb [ ˌsprɛdˈiːɡ(ə)l ]

• stretch (someone) out with their arms and legs extended.
• "he lay spreadeagled in the road"

spreadeagle noun

• an emblematic representation of an eagle with its legs and wings extended, used especially as an emblem of the United States.

spreadeagle adjective

• stretched out with one's arms and legs extended.
• "prisoners are chained to their beds, spreadeagle, for days at a time"
• loudly or aggressively patriotic about the United States.
• "spreadeagle oratory"


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