SPREAD-EAGLE

• (verb) stretch out completely

  "They spread-eagled him across the floor"

• (verb) defeat disastrously

  synonyms : rout , spreadeagle

• (verb) stand with arms and legs spread out

• (verb) execute a spread eagle on skates, with arms and legs stretched out

• (verb) stretch over

  "His residences spread-eagle the entire county"

• (adj.) with arms and legs stretched out and apart

  "lay spread-eagle on the floor"

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