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Meanings of impale in English

Spanish
atravesar

Pierce with a sharp stake or point.

        atravesar
        Portuguese
        empalar
        Catalan
        empalar
        Spanish
        estacar

        Kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole.

              empalar
              Usage of impale in English
              1
              The spiked wooden ball swishes from tree canopy to impale support cast.
              Unmanned
              2
              He ordered Watts out of his presence, and threatened to impale him.
              Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
              3
              You I'll have to impale and wait until you are truly dead.
              Arcanum Unbounded
              4
              WINDOM: Define stab... spear, gore, impale, pierce, ram, stick, lance... That's it!
              My Life, My Tapes
              5
              Do you remember how long it takes to impale a man?
              Vlad. The Last Confession
              6
              The executioner having dismissed the doctor prepared to impale the tailor.
              The Arabian Nights Entertainments — Volume 02
              7
              It squealed, shrill with triumph, and the horn swept up to impale him.
              Space Prison
              8
              It shot across the clearing to impale the boy's lower back.
              Spellwright
              9
              You see on which horn of your own dilemma you would impale yourself.
              The Vicar's Daughter
              10
              Usually there are eight sharp spears of bone to impale you.
              Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation
              11
              If the awl slipped, the ball-maker could break a rib or impale himself.
              Tommy's honor: the story of old tom morris and young tom morris,...
              12
              Monster! and much leaping about, he managed to impale the crayfish.
              Sons of the Oak
              13
              It's a miracle Carter didn't impale himself on his own sword.
              The red pyramid
              14
              Instantly, half a dozen ferrin spears rushed to impale the beast.
              The Lair of Bones
              15
              Do you impale them on pins stuck into a glass case?
              Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 05
              16
              If you impale a nymph with a spear, she will die.
              Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods
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              Translations for impale
              Portuguese
              empalar
              Catalan
              empalar
              Impale through the time
              Impale across language varieties
              United States of America
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Common