impale[verb]Synonyms: lance, skewer, skiver, spear, spike, spit, transfix, transpierce
Related Words: perforate,
pierce,
prick,
punch,
puncture,
stab [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
im‧pale /ɪmˈpeɪl/
verb [transitive often passive][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: French;
Origin: empaler, from Medieval Latin impalare, from Latin palus 'pointed stick']
if someone or something is impaled, a sharp pointed object goes through them
be impaled on something
Their heads were impaled on Charles Bridge as a warning to others.—impalement noun [uncountable and countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲