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impale

verb

1 impale

Pierce with a sharp stake or point:
— Impale a shrimp on a skewer.

synonyms: empale, spike, transfix.

Roget 260: open, ope, gape, yawn, bilge; fly open.    perforate, pierce, empierce, tap, bore, drill; mine etc. ... show more

Roget 972: punish; chastise, chasten; castigate, correct, inflict punishment, administer correction, deal retributive justice; cowhide, lambaste [Slang].    visit upon, pay; pay out, serve out; ... show more

Dutch: doorboren, spietsen

2 impale

Kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole:
— The enemies were impaled and left to die.

synonym: stake.


Moby thesaurus: agonize, auger, bayonet, bite, bloody, bore, broach, claw, convulse, countersink, crucify, dagger, dirk, dismember, draw and quarter, drill, empierce, excruciate, fix, gore ... show more.

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