impalement
 刺住;刺刑


 Em·pale·ment n.  [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.

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 Im·pale·ment n.
 1. The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled.
 2. An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed.
 3. That which hedges in; inclosure. [R.]
 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.

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 impalement
      n : the act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of
          punishment or torture