impalement

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Noun

impalement

1. The act of torturing or executing someone by impaling them on a sharp stake.
2. (heraldry) The joining of two coats of arms on one shield.
3. An enclosed space.

Translations

• French: empalement
• German: Pfählung
• Russian: посаже́ние на́ кол
• Spanish: empalamiento

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