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English Dictionary: spreadeagle by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spreadeagle
v
  1. defeat disastrously [syn: spread-eagle, spreadeagle, rout]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spread-eagle \Spread"-ea`gle\, a.
      Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style;
      defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle
      orator; a spread-eagle speech. [Colloq.& Humorous]
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