Impale

/ɪmˈpeɪl/

Synonyms for "impale" (103 found)

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Closest matches (21)

Verb(3 words)

agonize auger bayonet bite bloody bore broach claw convulse countersink crucify dagger dirk dismemberdraw and quarterdrill empierce

Noun(1 words)

bayonetting

Strong matches (31)

Verb(3 words)

empierce harpooned piked

excruciate fix gore gougegouge outgrill harrow hole honeycomb keelhaulkill by inchesknife lacerate lance lancinate macerate martyr martyrize needle penetrate

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perforate picket pierce pink

Noun(4 words)

harpoon harpoons pikes pitchfork

Related words (51)

Verb(8 words)

pitchforked prick puncture skewered spike stab stake transpierce

Noun(8 words)

pitchforking skewering skewers spears spikes toothpicks transfixes transfixing

plunge inplunge intoponiard prick punch puncture punish rack reamream outriddle riprun throughsaber savage scarify skewer spear spike spit

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stab stick stiletto sword taptar and featherthrust torment torture transfix transpierce trepan trephine wring

Adjective(1 words)

transfixed

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More general

4 entries

injure kill pierce thrust

More specific

1 entries

skewer

Collocations

6 entries

body corpse prisoner stake victim weapon

Inflections

3 entries

impaled impales impaling

Derivations

2 entries

impalement impaler

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Edmundo prepared to impale the vampire with a stake.

Source: tatoeba (11754232)

During the Big Scare, while everyone was afraid that the Exclusion Ultimatum meant the Martians wanted an interplanetary war, the Earth Governments would have been only too ready to hang, shoot, stab, gas, electrocute, freeze, burn, poison, impale and/or defenestrate the dastardly culprits responsible.

Source: tatoeba (11810255)

[T]he Tovvne is impailed about halfe a mile compaſſe.

Source: wiktionary

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