Peter Singer

When I was a child, my father used to take me for walks, often along a river or by the sea. We would pass people fishing, perhaps reeling in their lines with struggling fish hooked at the end of them. Once I saw a man take a small fish out of a bucket and impale it, still wriggling, on an empty hook to use as bait.

Australian Philosopher

Peter Ackroyd

His head was boiled, impaled upon a pole and raised above London Bridge. So ended the life of Thomas More, one of the few Londoners upon whom sainthood has been conferred and the first English layman to be beatified as a martyr.

British Author

James Dean

There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.

Actor

Usually implies an accident, often used to describe injuries.

Accidental Piercing

Suggests a serious wound due to the action of impaling.

Severity of Wound

Evokes a clear and often disturbing image, useful in descriptive writing.

Vivid Imagery

Refers to a deliberate action, often with cruel intentions in narratives.

Intentional Act

Associated with a brutal, archaic punishment or warning method.

Historical Punishment

Often found in horror contexts to create a sense of fear and dread.

Horror Element

Used metaphorically to describe self-inflicted damage to one's reputation.

Figurative Use

Can indicate leaving oneself vulnerable to public scrutiny.

Public Exposure

Can be used to add dramatic effect in speeches or writing.

Rhetorical Flair

 they won't really use them to protect themselves all that much from things like lions lions tend to be able to deal with it but things like wild dog hyena I have seen kudu standing their ground and using those horns to try and impale those animals particularly because there's quite a few of them and they often entangle him there is an

Safari Live - Day 11 PIPE...

 Janny would like to know do the Predators ever get impaled by the gun ooh horns I'd say they might get a few wounds from them but the new horn is not really sufficient to impale something like a lion maybe a cheetah but I'd say again very very rare they might pick up

Safari Live - Day 15 PIPE...

 and no placards explaining the art, just natural curiosity. You see a work on the horizon, and you ride towards it. When you arrive, you walk all around it, you touch it, you test it. Is it sturdy enough to climb on? Will I be impaled by it?

Why art thrives at...

 other living gods cease breathing bodies a spirit and a zombies one believer after another is helped through the ceremonial gate knives are raised and ready then August impales the knife against his chest it is the job of his

Self Stabbing PIPE National...

 However, he wasn’t the first person to hunt that specific bird. Upon recovering the stork, von Bothmer found it impaled by a yard long wooden spear. A local professor determined the weapon was African in origin,

The spear-wielding stork...

 Willie must jump out as far as he can to avoid impaling himself on the towers rough wads he urges on the singers summoning support Willie proves why he is a land dive champion he's strong

Land Divers PIPE National...

 Kathy you're wondering if they ever impale themselves on the thorns Kathy I have very rarely seen birds and pail themselves on thorns so these little bits that are sticking out here are

The 5 Musketeers Have an...

 and physical support manjit's brought along his grey head Posse but it looks like Johnny's the one who needs reassuring and you're absolutely sure I'm not gonna be impaled I'm not

Bending Steel with Your...

 what it's like to fly or if you can fly below you jagged cliffs ready to impale you if you fail several hundred feet down in the water adults squawk encouragement to you

Cliff Jumping PIPE National...

 jump out as far as he can to avoid impaling himself on the towers rough wads he urges on the singers summoning support

Impale

Accidental Piercing

Severity of Wound

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