impale (redirected from impaling)

im·pale  (m-pl) also em·pale (m-)

tr.v. im·paled, im·pal·ing, im·pales

1.

a. To pierce with a sharp stake or point.

b. To torture or kill by impaling.

2. To render helpless as if by impaling.

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[Medieval Latin implre : Latin in-, in; see in-² + Latin plus, stake; see pag- in Indo-European roots.]

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im·palement n.

im·paler n.

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impale

Verb

[-paling, -paled] to pierce through or fix with a sharp object: they impaled his severed head on a spear [Latin im- on + palus pole]

impalement n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	impale - pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer" empale, spike, transfix pierce, thrust - penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument pin - pierce with a pin; "pin down the butterfly" spear - pierce with a spear; "spear fish"
	2.	impale - kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies were impaled and left to die" stake kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"

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impale

verb pierce, stick, run through, spike, lance, spear, skewer, spit, transfix

Translations

impale [ɪmˈpeɪl] vt (with sword) → atravesar

impale [ɪmˈpeɪl] vt → empaler

impale [ɪmˈpeɪl] vt to impale sth (on) → etw aufspießen (auf +dat)

impale [ɪmˈpeɪl] vt → impalare

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impale

v impale [imˈpeil]

to fix on, or pierce with, a long pointed object such as a spear etc. deurboor يَرفَعُ على الخازوق пробождам napíchnout spidde aufspießen διατρυπώ, καρφώνω, παλουκώνω empalar; atravesar läbi torkama به صلابه کشیدن؛ سوراخ کردن lävistää empaler (sur) לִנעוֹץ छेदना nabiti na kolac karóba húz menikamkan reka í gegn, stinga á tein impalare; infilzare 突き刺す 푹 찌르다, 꿰뚫다 pasmeigti caurdurt (ar šķēpu u. tml.) menikam spietsen spidde nadziać (na) trespassar a tra­ge în ţeapă пронзать napichnúť; prepichnúť nabosti nabosti spetsa, nagla fast เสียบ; เสียบทะลุ saplamak 釘住，刺穿 проколювати, простромлювати کسی نکیلی چیز سے چھیدنا đâm qua 钉住，刺穿