IMPALE, v.t. In popular usage, to pierce with any weapon which remains…

Ambrose Bierce
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IMPALE, v.t. In popular usage, to pierce with any weapon which remains fixed in the wound . . . . properly, to put to death by thrusting an upright sharp stake into the body, the victim being left in a sitting position. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.98, 谷月社
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