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impalement

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Follow me close; you might lose yourself in this pleasant labyrinth, and it is death, my friend—by impalement too!

Kniaz Dimitri Shaferov expiated his real or imputed crimes by a slow death by impalement.

But impalement as we now know it was preceded by dimidiation.

The scene was well worthy seeing, though we must omit all description of the impalement, which our travellers refused to witness.

This impalement is given with great force, and a wounded heron has been known to drive its bill right through a stout stick.

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On this page you'll find 54 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to impalement, such as: beheading, crucifixion, decapitation, electrocution, gassing, and hanging.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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