There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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Impaled
//ɪmˈpeɪld//
Synonyms for "impaled" (92 found)
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Translations
4 translations across 4 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- lävistetty adj (pinned to something by piercing)
Italian
1 entries- impalato adj (pinned to something by piercing)
Latin
1 entries- superfixus adj (pinned to something by piercing)
Russian
1 entries- приколотый adj (pinned to something by piercing)
Sample sentences
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I'd prefer not to receive any pictures of fairies being impaled on a unicorn's horn while clowns on unicycles laugh in the background.
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He impaled himself in the leg jumping from the helicopter.
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"She herself hurled the swift lightning bolt of Jupiter from the clouds, scattered the boats, and overturned the seas with the winds; she snatched him in a whirlwind while he was breathing out flames from his pierced chest, and impaled him on a sharp rock."
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