All impalement synonyms
im·pale
I i noun impalement
- persecution — the act of persecuting.
- suffering — the state of a person or thing that suffers.
- torment — to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain: to be tormented with violent headaches.
- misery — wretchedness of condition or circumstances.
- hit — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- hanging — the way in which a thing hangs.
- crucifixion — Crucifixion is a way of killing people which was common in the Roman Empire, in which they were tied or nailed to a cross and left to die.
- shooting — to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
- punishment — the act of punishing.
- strangulation — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
- gassing — an affecting, overcoming, or poisoning with gas or fumes.
- decapitation — to cut off the head of; behead: Many people were decapitated during the French Revolution.
- laceration — the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
- distress — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
- martyrdom — the condition, sufferings, or death of a martyr.
- agony — Agony is great physical or mental pain.
- dolor — sorrow; grief.
- twinge — a sudden, sharp pain: On damp days, he's often bothered by a twinge of rheumatism.
- pang — a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing: a pang of remorse; a pang of desire.
- affliction — An affliction is something which causes physical or mental suffering.
- ache — If you ache or a part of your body aches, you feel a steady, fairly strong pain.
- anguish — Anguish is great mental suffering or physical pain.
- rack — the neck portion of mutton, pork, or veal.
- tribulation — grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering.
- killing — the act of killing, especially game: The hounds moved in for the kill.
- electrocution — The accidental death or suicide by electric shock.
- guillotining — Present participle of guillotine.
- excruciation — Some excruciating pain.
- cruciation — (obsolete) torture; torment.
- capital punishment — Capital punishment is punishment which involves the legal killing of a person who has committed a serious crime such as murder.
- rub out — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- lethal injection — dose of deadly chemical into a vein
- necktie party — a lynching or other execution by hanging.