Antonyms for impalement

Grammar : Noun

Spell : im-peyl

Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpeɪl

Definition of impalement

Origin : 1590s, from French empalement, from empaler (see impale).

As in torture : noun severe mental or physical pain
As in execution : noun killing

Example sentences :

Since the marriage of Alroy, there had never been such a merry morn as the day of his impalement.
Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli

And he gave orders that he should be put to death by impalement next morning.
Extract from : « The Kath Sarit Sgara » by Somadeva Bhatta

Chiefest of all, the impalement of the old Raimondi on Marta's knife.
Extract from : « A Likely Story » by William De Morgan

But impalement as we now know it was preceded by dimidiation.
Extract from : « A Complete Guide to Heraldry » by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

Some are said to have survived their impalement as much as forty-eight hours.
Extract from : « Herzegovina » by George Arbuthnot

Kniaz Dimitri Shaferov expiated his real or imputed crimes by a slow death by impalement.
Extract from : « The Rise of the Russian Empire » by Hector H. Munro

To be found there was death—were I the highest in the nation—death by impalement, or some other form of lingering torment.
Extract from : « The Induna's Wife » by Bertram Mitford

It is a bold creature—often beats off the lion, or kills him by impalement on its long bayonet-like horns.
Extract from : « The Young Yagers » by Mayne Reid

Follow me close; you might lose yourself in this pleasant labyrinth, and it is death, my friend—by impalement too!
Extract from : « Sarchedon » by G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville

Have you not heard that the caliph has ordered the baths to be shut for three days, on pain of impalement?
Extract from : « The Pacha of Many Tales » by Frederick Marryat

Synonyms for impalement

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