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impalement

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impalement

Summary

impalement is an execution method[1]. impalement draws 4,669 Wikipedia views per month (execution_method category, ranking #19 of 40).[2]

Key Facts

  • impalement's instance of is recorded as execution method[3].
  • impalement's instance of is recorded as manner of death[4].
  • impalement's Commons category is recorded as Impalement[5].
  • impalement's topic's main category is recorded as Category:People executed by impalement[6].
  • impalement's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • impalement's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include execution method[3] and manner of death[4].

Why It Matters

impalement draws 4,669 Wikipedia views per month (execution_method category, ranking #19 of 40).[2] impalement has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] impalement is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Instance of → —
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
    Biblissima authority id → Q296336
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q296336, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
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