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noun • the act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of punishment or torture | ||||||||
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noun • an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation verb • strangle with an iron collar | ||||||||
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noun • (Greek legend) a king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill; each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and Sisyphus was forced to start again | ||||||||
American Trapped In Device For Capital Punishment Crossword Clue
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IMPALEMENT which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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IMPALEMENT
Updated: October 14, 2023
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