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prepositions - When do we say "on the rack" and "in the rack"? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
![The Execution of Breaking on the Rack. A slave breaks the bones of another slave on the rack with an iron bar after having first chopped off one hand with an ax. The Execution of Breaking on the Rack. A slave breaks the bones of another slave on the rack with an iron bar after having first chopped off one hand with an ax.](https://www.album-online.com/photos/prev/MWVlZWRkMA/album_alb2239075.jpg)
The Execution of Breaking on the Rack. A slave breaks the bones of another slave on the rack with an iron bar after having first chopped off one hand with an ax.
![On the rack. Illustration shows an allegorical female figure labeled San Francisco being tortured on..., Stock Photo, Photo et Image Droits gérés. Photo MEV-10606809 | agefotostock On the rack. Illustration shows an allegorical female figure labeled San Francisco being tortured on..., Stock Photo, Photo et Image Droits gérés. Photo MEV-10606809 | agefotostock](https://previews.agefotostock.com/previewimage/medibigoff/90b8f84870c4a02ba4874560c9d3c28a/mev-10606809.jpg)
On the rack. Illustration shows an allegorical female figure labeled San Francisco being tortured on..., Stock Photo, Photo et Image Droits gérés. Photo MEV-10606809 | agefotostock
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![La torture, c1555. /NAn protestante anglaise torturés sur le rack au cours du règne de la reine Marie I (1553-1558). Gravure sur cuivre d'une édition de John Foxe's Book of Martyrs 'la', La torture, c1555. /NAn protestante anglaise torturés sur le rack au cours du règne de la reine Marie I (1553-1558). Gravure sur cuivre d'une édition de John Foxe's Book of Martyrs 'la',](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/ffap58/la-torture-c1555-nan-protestante-anglaise-tortures-sur-le-rack-au-cours-du-regne-de-la-reine-marie-i-1553-1558-gravure-sur-cuivre-d-une-edition-de-john-foxes-book-of-martyrs-la-londres-1784-ffap58.jpg)
La torture, c1555. /NAn protestante anglaise torturés sur le rack au cours du règne de la reine Marie I (1553-1558). Gravure sur cuivre d'une édition de John Foxe's Book of Martyrs 'la',
![An old engraving showing the use of 'The Rack' for torture during the Middle Ages – it was first used in Britain around 1450. The rack is a torture device consisting of An old engraving showing the use of 'The Rack' for torture during the Middle Ages – it was first used in Britain around 1450. The rack is a torture device consisting of](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2C6EAJB/an-old-engraving-showing-the-use-of-the-rack-for-torture-during-the-middle-ages-it-was-first-used-in-britain-around-1450-the-rack-is-a-torture-device-consisting-of-a-rectangular-usually-wooden-frame-with-a-roller-at-one-or-both-ends-the-victims-ankles-are-fastened-to-one-roller-and-the-wrists-to-the-other-as-the-interrogation-progresses-the-ratchet-mechanism-attached-to-the-rollers-are-used-to-gradually-pull-on-the-ropes-or-chains-slowly-increasing-the-strain-on-the-prisoners-body-and-causing-excruciating-pain-eventually-the-sufferers-joints-would-be-dislocated-and-even-separated-2C6EAJB.jpg)