Definition of "impalement" [im•pale•ment]

• The act of torturing or executing someone by impaling them on a sharp stake. (noun)
• The joining of two coats of arms on one shield. (noun)

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• "The public "impalement" of adulterers, especially Presidential ones, is a crucifixion in which others suffer for the very sin that we guilt-ridden masses yearn to commit."
• "I was surprised that impalement didn't make the list."
• "It may be burial alive, or death by fire, or by drowning, or by impalement, or fifty other deaths."