Abacination
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Abacination is a form of corporal punishment or torture, in which the victim is blinded by having a red-hot metal plate held before their eyes.
[edit] Notable instances
- The biblical figure Samson was abacinated after being captured by the Phillistines.
- In the song "Angel of Death" by Slayer, abacination is mentioned in the fourth verse as a torture method that Nazi physician Josef Mengele might have used during the Holocaust.
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