About The Word Impale
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Impale
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What's The Definition Of Impale?
[v] pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer"
[v] kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies were impaled and left to die" Synonyms | Synonyms for Impale: empale | spike | stake | transfix Related Terms | Find terms related to Impale: agonize | auger | bayonet | bite | bloody | bore | broach | claw | convulse | countersink | crucify | dagger | dirk | dismember | draw and quarter | drill | empierce | excruciate | fix | gore | gouge | gouge out | grill | harrow | hole | honeycomb | keelhaul | kill by inches | knife | lacerate | lance | lancinate | macerate | martyr | martyrize | needle | penetrate | perforate | picket | pierce | pink | plunge in | poniard | prick | punch | puncture | punish | rack | ream | ream out | riddle | rip | run through | saber | savage | scarify | skewer | spear | spike | spit | stab | stick | stiletto | sword | tap | tar and feather | torment | torture | transfix | transpierce | trepan | trephine | wring See Also | kill | pierce | pin | spear | thrust Impale In Webster's Dictionary \Im*pale"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impaled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Impaling}.] [See 2d {Empale}.]
1. To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a
sharp stake. See {Empale}.
Then with what life remains, impaled, and left To
writhe at leisure round the bloody stake. --Addison.
2. To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround.
Impale him with your weapons round about. --Shak.
Impenetrable, impaled with circling fire. --Milton.
3. (Her.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield,
palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention.
Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to
be matched and impaled with the blessed Virgin in
the honor thereof. --Fuller.
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