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What you might say if scared of piercing?
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impaling
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Impale \Im*pale"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impaled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Impaling .] [See 2d Empale .] To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale . Then with what life remains, impaled, and left To writhe at leisure round the ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of something being impaled. vb. (present participle of impale English)
Usage examples of impaling.
I was embarrassed at the obvious depraved pleasure with which this miniaturist had drawn pictures of bastinados, beatings, crucifixions, hangings by the neck or the feet, hookings, impalings, firings from cannon, nailings, stranglings, the cutting of throats, feedings to hungry dogs, whippings, baggings, pressings, soakings in cold water, the plucking of hair, the breaking of fingers, the delicate flayings, the cutting off of noses and the removal of eyes.
And simple hangings or even impalings at last become a bore for all concerned.