Associations to the word «Impalement»

Wiktionary

IMPALEMENT, noun. The act of torturing or executing someone by impaling them on a sharp stake.
IMPALEMENT, noun. The joining of two coats of arms on one shield.

Dictionary definition

IMPALEMENT, noun. The act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of punishment or torture.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca