Nail
Nail verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.
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- His captors, unimpressed, point out that he's just demonstrated how far he's willing to go in defense of his girlfriend... so they're going to nail his head in place, sew his eyelids open, and torture her in front of him.
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