English words for 'The act of something being impaled.'
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- The act of trying to kill a person by strangulation.
- The result of something being choked.
- The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.
- The act of coughing when a person finds it difficult to breathe.
- the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
- a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)
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- A form of torture in which the victim is hung from the ceiling by a rope attached to the hands, which are tied together behind the victim's back.
- a form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope
verb
noun
- (chiefly medicine) A forced impinging.
- The striking of one body against another; collision.
- The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
- (figurative, proscribed) A significant or strong influence or effect.
- influencing strongly
- the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat
- the striking of one body against another
- a forceful consequence; a strong effect
verb
- (transitive) To collide or strike, the act of impinging.
- (transitive) To compress; to compact; to press into something or pack together.
- (transitive, rare) To stamp or impress onto something.
- (transitive, figurative, proscribed) To significantly or strongly influence or affect; to have an impact on.
- press or wedge together; pack together
- have an effect upon
noun
- an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
- a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
- rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
- the destruction or collapse of something
- a support for displaying or holding various articles
- a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
- (slang, vulgar) A woman's breasts.
- (billiards, snooker) A hollow triangle used for aligning the balls at the start of a game.
- (climbing, slang) A climber's set of equipment for setting up protection and belays, consisting of runners, slings, carabiners, nuts, Friends, etc.
- (nautical) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes.
- A fast amble.
- A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other.
- A cranequin, a mechanism including a rack, pinion and pawl, providing both mechanical advantage and a ratchet, used to bend and cock a crossbow.
- A distaff.
- (algebra) A set with a distributive binary operation whose action on the set is invertible.
- A grate on which bacon is laid.
- Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapour in the sky.
- (slang, especially nautical) A bunk.
- Alternative form of arak.
- (nautical, by extension, slang, uncountable) Sleep.
- (mechanical engineering, rail transport) A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with those of a gearwheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive or be driven by it.
- (gambling) A plastic tray used for holding and moving chips.
- A set of antlers (as on deer, moose or elk).
- (climbing, caving) A friction device for abseiling, consisting of a frame with five or more metal bars, around which the rope is threaded.
- A cut of meat involving several adjacent ribs.
- (slang) A thousand dollars, especially if the proceeds are from a crime.
- Any of various kinds of frame for holding luggage or other objects on a vehicle or vessel.
- (historical) A device, incorporating a ratchet, used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits.
- (mechanical engineering) A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with a pawl as a ratchet allowing movement in one direction only, used for example in a handbrake or crossbow.
verb
- torment emotionally or mentally
- go at a rack
- work on a rack
- fly in high wind
- seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
- place in a rack
- put on a rack and pinion
- torture on the rack
- run before a gale
- draw off from the lees
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
- stretch to the limits
- (structural engineering) To tend to shear a structure (that is, force it to bend, lean, or move in different directions at different points).
- (nautical) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc.
- (slang, transitive) To strike in the testicles.
- To fly, as vapour or broken clouds.
- (figurative) To stretch or strain; to harass, or oppress by extortion.
- To cause (someone) to suffer pain.
- (of a horse) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace.
- (slang) To shoplift (especially in a megastore), often by taking off of a rack.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.
- (firearms) To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- To place in or hang on a rack.
- (firearms) To move the slide bar on a shotgun in order to chamber the next round.
- To torture (someone) on the rack.
- (mining) To wash (metals, ore, etc.) on a rack.
- (brewing) To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.
- (by extension) To take that which belongs to another, without regard of right or permission.
- To drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir.
noun
- an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
- forces that provide energy and direction
- game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in
- a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)
- a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
- a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel
- a handwheel that is used for steering
- (poker slang) The lowest straight in poker: ace-2-3-4-5.
- A Catherine wheel firework.
- (mathematics) A type of algebra where division is always defined, and in particular division by zero is meaningful.
- A spinning wheel.
- A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
- (nautical) The instrument attached to the rudder by which a vessel is steered.
- A round portion of cheese.
- (poker slang) The best low hand in Lowball or High-low split poker: either ace-2-3-4-5 or 2-3-4-5-7, depending on the variant.
- A turn or revolution; rotation; compass.
- (prosody) The return to a peculiar rhythm at the end of each stanza.
- (figurative) The control of, or ability to steer, the course of events.
- (automotive) A wheelrim.
- (informal, with "the") A steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle.
- The breaking wheel, an old instrument of torture.
- (slang) A person with a great deal of power or influence; a big wheel.
- (figurative) A recurring or cyclical course of events.
- A maneuver in marching in which the marchers turn in a curving fashion to right or left so that the order of marchers does not change.
- A potter's wheel.
verb
- wheel somebody or something
- ride a bicycle
- change directions as if revolving on a pivot
- move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
- (transitive) To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to make or perform in a circle.
- (transitive) To roll along on wheels.
- (intransitive) To travel around in large circles, particularly in the air.
- (transitive) To cause to change direction quickly, turn.
- (intransitive, grime music) To reload a track; to play a wheel-up.
- (transitive) To transport something or someone using any wheeled mechanism, such as a wheelchair.
- (intransitive) To change direction quickly, turn, pivot, whirl, wheel around.
verb
- (figurative, euphemistic) To kick and convulse from the effects of being hanged.
- (beekeeping, of a worker honey bee) To make a repetitive movement in order to communicate to other worker honey bees.
- (intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.
- (intransitive) To leap or move lightly and rapidly.
- (figurative, euphemistic) To make love or have sex.
- (transitive) To perform the steps to.
- (transitive) To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about.
- move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance
- move in a graceful and rhythmical way
- skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways
noun
- A social gathering where dancing is the main activity.
- (figurative) A battle of wits, especially one commonly fought between two rivals.
- A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm.
- (uncountable) The art, profession, and study of dancing.
- A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of electronic dance music.
- (beekeeping) A repetitive movement used in communication between worker honey bees.
- (heraldry) A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister.
- an artistic form of nonverbal communication
- taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
- a party of people assembled for dancing
- a party for social dancing
noun
- An instance of subjecting (someone or something) to an electric shock.
- The physical reaction or shock caused by the flow of electricity through the body.
- trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning); usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness
- the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture
- a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body
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- (jewelry) An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.
- (South Africa) A device used in necklacing (an informal execution); a rubber tyre that is filled with petrol. It is placed around the victim's chest and arms, and set on fire.
- (figuratively) Anything resembling a necklace in shape.
- jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women)
noun
- someone who kills by strangling
- necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
- an unfortunate person who is unable to perform effectively because of nervous tension or agitation
- a high tight collar
- One who, or that which, chokes or strangles.
- One who operates the choke of an engine during ignition.
- One who performs badly at an important part of a competition because they are nervous, especially when winning.
- (slang) Any disappointing or upsetting circumstance.
- (fashion) A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace or neckerchief, tight to the throat.
- A loop of cable fastened around a log to haul it.
noun
- someone who kills by strangling
- an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree
- An epiphyte whose aerial roots eventually strangle the tree on which it grows.
- Someone who strangles, especially who murders by strangling.
noun
- the act of inflicting a wound
- a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
- a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride)
- an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
- (figuratively) A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.
- (crime law) An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.
- An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
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- The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.
- (UK, school or university slang) A task imposed on a student as punishment.
- (religion) A practice of laying hands on a person in a religious ceremony; used e.g. in confirmation and ordination.
- A trick or deception put or laid on others.
- (printing) Arrangement of a printed product’s pages on the printer's sheet so as to have the pages in proper order in the final product.
- An unwelcome burden, presence, or obligation.
- That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined.
- an uncalled-for burden
- the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)
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noun
- The act of strangling or the state of being strangled.
- The constriction of the air passage or other body part that cuts off the flow of a fluid.
- the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage
- (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid
- the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
verb
- (ambitransitive) To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake.
- (transitive) To pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.
- (transitive, heraldry) To place two coats of arms side by side on the same shield (often those of two spouses upon marriage).
- (ambitransitive) To enclose or fence with stakes.
- kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole
- pierce with a sharp stake or point
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- (transitive) To march or force a person forward while holding their arms from behind or the side, as a prisoner.
- (figurative) To force a person forward against their will.
- To forcibly relocate a person, especially in a degrading or humiliating manner.
- carry someone against their will upside down such that each limb is held by one person
- march a person against their will by any method
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noun
verb
noun
- The act of trying to kill a person by strangulation.
- The result of something being choked.
- The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.
- The act of coughing when a person finds it difficult to breathe.
- the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
- a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)
verb
adj
noun
verb
noun
- A form of torture in which the victim is hung from the ceiling by a rope attached to the hands, which are tied together behind the victim's back.
- a form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope
verb
noun
- (chiefly medicine) A forced impinging.
- The striking of one body against another; collision.
- The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
- (figurative, proscribed) A significant or strong influence or effect.
- influencing strongly
- the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat
- the striking of one body against another
- a forceful consequence; a strong effect
verb
- (transitive) To collide or strike, the act of impinging.
- (transitive) To compress; to compact; to press into something or pack together.
- (transitive, rare) To stamp or impress onto something.
- (transitive, figurative, proscribed) To significantly or strongly influence or affect; to have an impact on.
- press or wedge together; pack together
- have an effect upon
noun
- an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
- a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
- rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
- the destruction or collapse of something
- a support for displaying or holding various articles
- a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
- (slang, vulgar) A woman's breasts.
- (billiards, snooker) A hollow triangle used for aligning the balls at the start of a game.
- (climbing, slang) A climber's set of equipment for setting up protection and belays, consisting of runners, slings, carabiners, nuts, Friends, etc.
- (nautical) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes.
- A fast amble.
- A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other.
- A cranequin, a mechanism including a rack, pinion and pawl, providing both mechanical advantage and a ratchet, used to bend and cock a crossbow.
- A distaff.
- (algebra) A set with a distributive binary operation whose action on the set is invertible.
- A grate on which bacon is laid.
- Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapour in the sky.
- (slang, especially nautical) A bunk.
- Alternative form of arak.
- (nautical, by extension, slang, uncountable) Sleep.
- (mechanical engineering, rail transport) A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with those of a gearwheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive or be driven by it.
- (gambling) A plastic tray used for holding and moving chips.
- A set of antlers (as on deer, moose or elk).
- (climbing, caving) A friction device for abseiling, consisting of a frame with five or more metal bars, around which the rope is threaded.
- A cut of meat involving several adjacent ribs.
- (slang) A thousand dollars, especially if the proceeds are from a crime.
- Any of various kinds of frame for holding luggage or other objects on a vehicle or vessel.
- (historical) A device, incorporating a ratchet, used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits.
- (mechanical engineering) A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with a pawl as a ratchet allowing movement in one direction only, used for example in a handbrake or crossbow.
verb
- torment emotionally or mentally
- go at a rack
- work on a rack
- fly in high wind
- seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
- place in a rack
- put on a rack and pinion
- torture on the rack
- run before a gale
- draw off from the lees
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
- stretch to the limits
- (structural engineering) To tend to shear a structure (that is, force it to bend, lean, or move in different directions at different points).
- (nautical) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc.
- (slang, transitive) To strike in the testicles.
- To fly, as vapour or broken clouds.
- (figurative) To stretch or strain; to harass, or oppress by extortion.
- To cause (someone) to suffer pain.
- (of a horse) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace.
- (slang) To shoplift (especially in a megastore), often by taking off of a rack.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.
- (firearms) To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- To place in or hang on a rack.
- (firearms) To move the slide bar on a shotgun in order to chamber the next round.
- To torture (someone) on the rack.
- (mining) To wash (metals, ore, etc.) on a rack.
- (brewing) To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.
- (by extension) To take that which belongs to another, without regard of right or permission.
- To drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir.
noun
- an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
- forces that provide energy and direction
- game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in
- a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)
- a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
- a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel
- a handwheel that is used for steering
- (poker slang) The lowest straight in poker: ace-2-3-4-5.
- A Catherine wheel firework.
- (mathematics) A type of algebra where division is always defined, and in particular division by zero is meaningful.
- A spinning wheel.
- A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
- (nautical) The instrument attached to the rudder by which a vessel is steered.
- A round portion of cheese.
- (poker slang) The best low hand in Lowball or High-low split poker: either ace-2-3-4-5 or 2-3-4-5-7, depending on the variant.
- A turn or revolution; rotation; compass.
- (prosody) The return to a peculiar rhythm at the end of each stanza.
- (figurative) The control of, or ability to steer, the course of events.
- (automotive) A wheelrim.
- (informal, with "the") A steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle.
- The breaking wheel, an old instrument of torture.
- (slang) A person with a great deal of power or influence; a big wheel.
- (figurative) A recurring or cyclical course of events.
- A maneuver in marching in which the marchers turn in a curving fashion to right or left so that the order of marchers does not change.
- A potter's wheel.
verb
- wheel somebody or something
- ride a bicycle
- change directions as if revolving on a pivot
- move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
- (transitive) To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to make or perform in a circle.
- (transitive) To roll along on wheels.
- (intransitive) To travel around in large circles, particularly in the air.
- (transitive) To cause to change direction quickly, turn.
- (intransitive, grime music) To reload a track; to play a wheel-up.
- (transitive) To transport something or someone using any wheeled mechanism, such as a wheelchair.
- (intransitive) To change direction quickly, turn, pivot, whirl, wheel around.
noun
- An instance of subjecting (someone or something) to an electric shock.
- The physical reaction or shock caused by the flow of electricity through the body.
- trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning); usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness
- the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture
- a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body
noun
- someone who kills by strangling
- necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
- an unfortunate person who is unable to perform effectively because of nervous tension or agitation
- a high tight collar
- One who, or that which, chokes or strangles.
- One who operates the choke of an engine during ignition.
- One who performs badly at an important part of a competition because they are nervous, especially when winning.
- (slang) Any disappointing or upsetting circumstance.
- (fashion) A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace or neckerchief, tight to the throat.
- A loop of cable fastened around a log to haul it.
noun
- someone who kills by strangling
- an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree
- An epiphyte whose aerial roots eventually strangle the tree on which it grows.
- Someone who strangles, especially who murders by strangling.
noun
- the act of inflicting a wound
- a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
- a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride)
- an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
- (figuratively) A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.
- (crime law) An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.
- An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
adj
verb
noun
- The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.
- (UK, school or university slang) A task imposed on a student as punishment.
- (religion) A practice of laying hands on a person in a religious ceremony; used e.g. in confirmation and ordination.
- A trick or deception put or laid on others.
- (printing) Arrangement of a printed product’s pages on the printer's sheet so as to have the pages in proper order in the final product.
- An unwelcome burden, presence, or obligation.
- That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined.
- an uncalled-for burden
- the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)
noun
noun
- The act of strangling or the state of being strangled.
- The constriction of the air passage or other body part that cuts off the flow of a fluid.
- the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage
- (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid
- the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
noun
adj
verb
noun
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To march or force a person forward while holding their arms from behind or the side, as a prisoner.
- (figurative) To force a person forward against their will.
- To forcibly relocate a person, especially in a degrading or humiliating manner.
- carry someone against their will upside down such that each limb is held by one person
- march a person against their will by any method
verb
- (figurative, euphemistic) To kick and convulse from the effects of being hanged.
- (beekeeping, of a worker honey bee) To make a repetitive movement in order to communicate to other worker honey bees.
- (intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.
- (intransitive) To leap or move lightly and rapidly.
- (figurative, euphemistic) To make love or have sex.
- (transitive) To perform the steps to.
- (transitive) To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about.
- move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance
- move in a graceful and rhythmical way
- skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways
noun
- A social gathering where dancing is the main activity.
- (figurative) A battle of wits, especially one commonly fought between two rivals.
- A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm.
- (uncountable) The art, profession, and study of dancing.
- A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of electronic dance music.
- (beekeeping) A repetitive movement used in communication between worker honey bees.
- (heraldry) A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister.
- an artistic form of nonverbal communication
- taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
- a party of people assembled for dancing
- a party for social dancing
verb
noun
- (jewelry) An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.
- (South Africa) A device used in necklacing (an informal execution); a rubber tyre that is filled with petrol. It is placed around the victim's chest and arms, and set on fire.
- (figuratively) Anything resembling a necklace in shape.
- jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women)
verb
- (ambitransitive) To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake.
- (transitive) To pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.
- (transitive, heraldry) To place two coats of arms side by side on the same shield (often those of two spouses upon marriage).
- (ambitransitive) To enclose or fence with stakes.
- kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole
- pierce with a sharp stake or point