- (n.) A fencing, inclosing or fortifying with stakes.
- (n.) A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.
- (n.) Same as Impalement.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "empalement" 27 May 2011. Web. 23 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/empalement/definitions/2002739> |