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Brazen Bull

A particularly nasty torture/execution device.

A hollow bull is cast entirely out of brass with a door on the side. After the condemed was placed inside, the door was closed and a fire was set underneath the bull. This caused the bottom of the bull to become "red-hot" and thus burning/roasting the victim.

The head of the ox was designed with a complex system of tubes and stops so that the prisoner's screams were converted into sounds like the bellowing of an infuriated bull.
Combine the horrors of claustraphobia, suffocation, and burning at the stake, and you have the brazen bull. This is some fucked up shit.
Brazen Bull by Argonak April 12, 2008

Brazen bull

Only the most effective and persuasive execution devices ever, of course fashioned and used by the Greeks.

It was a big metal construct in the shape of a bull that a human would be put inside of. Then a fire would be started underneath the bull construct, boiling alive the human inside with excruciating pain (usually releasing quiet visceral screams during it).

These magnificent torture devices struck the fear of god in the hearts of all, effectively dissuading crime.

Marvellous
Person 1: “I’m planning to overthrow the ruler and i need help, you in?
Person 2: “hell no man, I’m not taking any chances with one of them brazen bull thingies”
Brazen bull by B book June 5, 2023

Brazen bull

People had a lot of fun with the brazen bull, beheadings were getting lame and if you blinked, you missed it, you just saw a body with no head attached to it.
Brazen bull by Solid Mantis July 25, 2020

Brazen bull

The brazen bull was like a barbeque grill, except for human brisket.
The brazen bull was always a crowd pleaser, people thought it was more fun than a family reunion or even a wedding.
Brazen bull by Solid Mantis May 21, 2021

Request death by brazon bull 

When the police failure is as bad as this you can request death by brazon bull for the aggressive party
I officially request death by brazon bull for the police
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