impaling
English
editPronunciation
editVerb
editimpaling
- present participle and gerund of impale
Noun
editimpaling (plural impalings)
- The act of something being impaled.
- 1950, Arthur Cleveland Bent, Life Histories of North American Wagtails, Shrikes, Vireos, and their Allies:
- In inspecting numerous shrike impalings I find that where abundant impaling situations, such as barbed-wire fences, are at hand, the unfinished meals of shrikes are distributed along such fences at considerable intervals.
- 2003, David T. Pudlevitcz, Blood of the Dragon:
- I had seen many decapitations and skinnings, impalings and crucifixions […]