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Impalement - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Impalement : (noun)
1: the act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of
punishment or torture
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Empalement \Em*pale"ment\, n. [Cf. F. empalement, fr. empaler.
See Empale.] [Written also impalement.]
1. A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes.
2. A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through
the body.
3. (Her.) Same as Impalement.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Impalement : \Im*pale"ment\, n.
1. The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled.
--Byron.
2. An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed.
--H. Brooke.
3. That which hedges in; inclosure. [R.] --Milton.
4. (Her.) The division of a shield palewise, or by a vertical
line, esp. for the purpose of putting side by side the
arms of husband and wife. See Impale, 3.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Impalement |
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Deathtroops: #nowplaying Suffocation - Surgery of Impalement |
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MadameArcati69: @hack_daniels Impalement of Jeremy Vine too humane. I would feed him bit by bit into Stephen Fry. |
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zogiva: Jera slusa Sounds of Impalement by John 5 |
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