| 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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