Similar words: implement, implemental, implemented, implementation, chemical element, impale, entitlement, entanglement. Meaning: n. the act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of punishment or torture.
1 Strictly speaking, therefore, impalement and the use of an escutcheon of pretence is marshalling at its simplest.
2 An impatient, callous thrust which ended in her impalement to the hilt.
3 Target girl is a term sometimes used in circus and vaudeville to denote a female assistant in "impalement" acts such as knife throwing, archery or sharpshooting.
4 Impalement as a method of execution involves a person being pierced with a long stake.
5 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.
6 This method of impalement by lance is also evident in both "The Prophecy" and "Bram Stoker's Dracula" where in each movie we see a scene in which hundreds are impaled in the same upright manner.
7 The assistant stands in front of a target board or is strapped to a moving board and the impalement artist throws knives or shoots projectiles so as to hit the board but miss the assistant.
8 Background: Correct central venous catheter (CVC) insertion avoids serious complications,[www.Sentencedict.com] especially fatal intracardiac impalement.
9 Often, the victim was hoisted into the air after partial impalement.
10 Perhaps one of the most noteworthy forms of Japanese entertainment was the impalement of vaginas.
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