"impaling" meaning in English

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      "ipa": "/ɪmˈpeɪlɪŋ/"
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          "ref": "1950, Arthur Cleveland Bent, Life Histories of North American Wagtails, Shrikes, Vireos, and their Allies",
          "text": "In inspecting numerous shrike impalings I find that where abundant impaling situations, such as barbed-wire fences, are at hand, the unfinished meals of shrikes are distributed along such fences at considerable intervals.",
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          "text": "I had seen many decapitations and skinnings, impalings and crucifixions […]",
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        "The act of something being impaled."
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