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impaling

  • /ɪmˈpeɪlɪŋ/

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of impale

noun impalings

  1. The act of something being impaled. 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.

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@misc{impaling_2026,
  title = {impaling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/impaling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}