VERB | contact | impale, transfix, empale, spike | pierce with a sharp stake or point |
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contact | impale, stake | kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole |
Sounds | ihmpey'l | |
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Rhymes | ail ... Yale: 95 rhymes with eyl... |
Meaning | pierce with a sharp stake or point. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "impale a shrimp on a skewer" | |
Synonyms | transfix, empale, spike | |
Narrower | pin | pierce with a pin |
spear | pierce with a spear | |
Broader | pierce, thrust | penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument |
Spanish | atravesar, empalar, enclavar, estacar, impalar, traspasar | |
Nouns | impalement | the act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of punishment or torture |
Meaning | kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
Model | They want to impale the prisoners | |
Example | "the enemies were impaled and left to die" | |
Synonym | stake | |
Entails | pierce | make a hole into |
Broader | kill | Cause to die |
Spanish | empalar, estacar, impalar | |
Catalan | empalar | |
Nouns | impalement | the act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of punishment or torture |
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