spreadeagle

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
spreadeagle

▶verb

1 stretch (someone) out with their arms and legs extended.

2 informal utterly defeat (an opponent in a sporting contest).

▶noun (spread eagle) a representation of an eagle with its legs and wings extended, used especially as an emblem of the United States. ▶adjective N. Amer. spreadeagled.

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