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