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nounimpalation (uncountable)
- uncountableimpalement
In the first film, a woman fixing herself a stiff vodka is felled by a kitchen explosion and a knife in the chest; in the second, an attempt to microwave leftovers, foiled by a stray refrigerator magnet, leads to impalation by fire-escape ladder.
2009 August 23, Dennis Lim, “Death Lives a Fourth Time to Ply His Trade”, in New York Times
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APA
impalation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impalation
MLA
“impalation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impalation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impalation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impalation.
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