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Impale

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Verb

1. empale, impale, spike, transfix

pierce with a sharp stake or point

Example Sentences:
'impale a shrimp on a skewer'

2. impale, stake

kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole

Example Sentences:
'the enemies were impaled and left to die'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Impale

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verb (transitive)
1. (often foll by on, upon, or with)
to pierce with a sharp instrument
they impaled his severed head on a spear
2. archaic
to enclose with pales or fencing; fence in
3. heraldry
to charge (a shield) with two coats of arms placed side by side

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Impale

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verb transitiveWord forms: imˈpaled or imˈpaling
1.  Rare
to surround with or as with a palisade
2. 
a. 
to pierce through with, or fix on, something pointed; transfix
b. 
to punish or torture by fixing on a stake
3. 
to make helpless, as if fixed on a stake
impaled by her glance
4.  Heraldry
to join (two coats of arms) side by side on one shield

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Impale

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tr.v. im·paled, im·pal·ing, im·pales also em·paled or em·pal·ing or em·pales
1. To pierce with a sharp stake or point.
2. To torture or kill by impaling.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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