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impale
[im-peyl]
verb (used with object)
to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
to pierce with a sharpened stake thrust up through the body, as for torture or punishment.
to fix upon, or pierce through with, anything pointed.
to make helpless as if pierced through.
Archaic.to enclose with or as if with pales or stakes; fence in; hem in.
Heraldry.
to marshal (two coats of arms, as the family arms of a husband and wife) on an escutcheon party per pale.
(of a coat of arms) to be combined with (another coat of arms) in this way.
impale
/ ɪˈɪ /
verb
to pierce with a sharp instrument
they impaled his severed head on a spear
archaicto enclose with pales or fencing; fence in
heraldry to charge (a shield) with two coats of arms placed side by side
Other 51Թ Forms
- impaler noun
- impalement noun
- ˈ貹Գ noun
- ˈ貹 noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of impale1
Example Sentences
If a cannibalistic grifter catches little Ellie, you see his machete blade impale her.
“I saw that man impaled on a railing and he couldn’t free himself.”
The pilot episode begins with an eerie chase scene, as a girl in nothing but a white dress runs through a snow-coated forest until falling into a pit that impales her with wooden spikes.
An Italian surfer died last week after being impaled by a swordfish in the waters of Masokut Island in Indonesia.
Tributes have been made to a surfer who died after reportedly being impaled by a swordfish in Indonesia.
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