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2006-08-24 08:54:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The definition is; to thrust a pale or sharp stake through the body; to render it helpless.
2006-08-24 08:59:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Vlad the Impaler, who some say was the original inspiration for Dracula, devised this in prison. Here he was stuck in jail and wanting revenge, of course a more painful revenge than the treatment he was getting. He would capture birds in the window of his cell and watch them suffer and squirm after spearing them with a piece of wood (think of that the next time you get the skewers out for some meat).
In some ways it is a crucifixion with out the cross, only a good deal more grotesque, but usually faster. When he was no longer stuck in jail, he stuck people on poles to watch them suffer. Not exactly a WWJD moment.
2006-08-24 09:05:38 · answer #2 · answered by Rabbit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An ancient form of torture/murder where a human is shoved down a stake from the anus to the head to prolong death and produce the greatest amount of pain till death occurs. Very nasty business.
2006-08-24 09:07:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the act of impaling or being impaled.
2006-08-24 08:57:49 · answer #4 · answered by tehckisnow 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-24 08:57:19 · answer #5 · answered by Grandreal 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋