impaled; impaling
1
a
: to pierce with or as if with something pointed
especially
: to torture or kill by fixing on a sharp stake
b
: to fix in an inescapable or helpless position
2
: to join (coats of arms) on a heraldic shield divided vertically by a pale
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Examples of impale in a Sentence
impale a marshmallow or two on that stick and let's start toasting
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Workers who fall can — and sometimes do — get impaled on those rods, Mejia noted.
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Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2024
Instead, it was kept on hand for extreme emergencies — such as a White House fence jumper impaling themselves on a spike.
—Michael Kranish, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
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Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2024
Instead, it was kept on hand for extreme emergencies — such as a White House fence jumper impaling themselves on a spike.
—Michael Kranish, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
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“Impale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impale. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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