to impale
32
7.7
- verb
- /ɪmˈpeɪl/
- Offensive
- He saw his father impaled.
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Watch on YouTubeIt had actually failed to impale his body in any way.
- It had actually failed to impale his body in any way.
- I go back to the guy with the swords cutting through and stuff and like you, just like you impaled that guy, pun intended.
- I understand why you wouldn't think this because this hasn't been impaled into your brain.
- I think that is a proper demon impaled on the end of the Hellboy story.
- You know, it's like you're just, you're just impaled by inputs, you know, hundreds of times a day.
- The idea that it carries part of you to impale on its tree of souls was sort of poetically frightening to me.
- Jeering into the air like this, the impaled thing writhing and fluttering once or twice its wings and twisting open its beak, from which came no sound.
Examples
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A curse barely has time to reach the tip of his tongue before his entire body is impaled through the church doors.
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Others are crushed, locked or impaled by the instruments.
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It had actually failed to impale his body in any way.
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The corporal was impaled by that safety support.
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Do it again, and I'll have you impaled!
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A few feet away, a third body hangs impaled from another bent pipe.
Fiction book (2002) -
Trent's neck is impaled by one of the decorative iron arrows of the fireplace.
Fiction book (1990) -
A lantern illuminates the impaled bodies and their various rotting parts.
Fiction book (2002) -
The farmer harvests entire plants, impales them on tobacco sticks, and hangs them in the barn.
Academic text (2011) -
In the horror movie, the villain impaled his victim with a sharp spear.
Synonyms
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1.0
To attach something to a surface or push it into with a point
628
2.7
To push a sharp pointed object into a person or animal
167
1.0
To fasten something with a small pointed object
121
3.5
To make a hole in something with a sharp object like a needle
44
3.9
To make a small hole in something with a sharp object that lets air or liquid escape
16
9.9
To kill a person by driving a sharp wooden post through the chest
14
3.7
To push a sharp point through something to hold it
8
4.9
To pierce something with a long sharp point like a stick or fork
1
5.3
To pierce skin or cloth with a thin sharp object
1
7.9
Push a sharp stick through something to hold it in place
1
5.3
To push a sharp point into something to move it
To push a sharp stick through something
To pierce someone or something with a pointed object
How Severe
- Offensive
32
7.7
- NSFW
628
2.7
8
4.6
121
3.5
44
3.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
Impale comes from the Latin parts in- 'into' and palus 'stake', so it originally meant to put someone or something 'on a stake'. That's why impale today means to pierce or stick a person or object with a long, sharp, pointed thing.