impale
v.
pin down, fix in place with a sharp or pointed object; pierce through with a sharp object, stab; make helpless, immobilize with a word or look
Impalement
Impalement is a method act of
torture and
execution whereby a person is pierced with a long
stake. The penetration can be through the sides, from the
rectum, or through the
mouth. The stake would usually be planted in the ground, leaving the impaled person hanging to die. In some forms of impalement, the stake would be inserted so as to avoid immediate death, and would function as a plug to prevent blood loss — thus extending the person's agony for as many as three days. One way to achieve this gradual death is to insert the stake through the rectum deep into the body of the victim until it left the body near the right shoulder, thus avoiding damaging the
heart. The term impalement is also used to describe deep stabbing wounds that occur in accidents where objects are driven through the body, for example by falling onto a spike, or being driven onto one in an automobile accident. Removing these objects presents a severe surgical challenge.
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impale
Verb
1. pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer"
(synonym) transfix, empale, spike
(hypernym) pierce, thrust
(hyponym) pin
(derivation) impalement
2. kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies were impaled and left to die"
(synonym) stake
(hypernym) kill
(entail) pierce
(derivation) impalement
Impaling
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Impale
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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IMPALING
IMPALANDO. INFILZANDO. TRAFIGGENDO. INCHIODANDO. BIPARTENDO