spread eagle in English

verb

stretch out completely; stand with arms and legs spread out; stretch out a person with his/her arms and legs extended; rout, defeat in disastrous manner, defeat overwhelmingly; make an excessively eloquent patriotic speech

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1. Anyway, that' s how he ended up spread eagle on the hood of a car

2. 16 Linda mounted the spread-eagle chair and soonan indecipherable gray image appeared on the screen.

3. An Egyptian spread-eagle device is featured in the treasure of Tut-ankh-amoun which has a bird's body with a human head, and in which hieroglyphic symbols are held in the outstretched talons. Sentencedict.com

4. Her face Contorted with pain and shock as if she'd just walked into a lamp post.: She lay on her stomach spread eagle, head titled to the side, face Contorted in pain.: His face Contorted in fury at the murder of his kinsmen, and with a shrill cry he leapt at the nearest of the ogrish guards.: I'm sure his Contorted expression of awe and sadness was a sterling effort.