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Synonyms for impale

Grammar : Verb
Spell : im-peyl
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpeɪl

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Définition of impale

Origin :
  • 1520s, "to enclose with stakes, fence in," from Middle French empaler and directly from Medieval Latin impalare "to push onto a stake," from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + Latin palus "a stake, prop, stay; wooden post, pole," from PIE *pak-slo-, from root *pag-/*pak- "to fasten" (see pact). Sense of "pierce with a pointed stake" (as torture or punishment) first recorded 1610s. Related: Impaled; impaling.
  • verb stab
Example sentences :
  • He allowed us to go on without ordering his men to impale us.
  • Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham
  • Nor would he do so if his hobby were to impale human beings.
  • Extract from : « The Crooked House » by Brandon Fleming
  • It squealed, shrill with triumph, and the horn swept up to impale him.
  • Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin
  • Sir,—Allow me to impale Mr. Dexter on the horns of a dilemma.
  • Extract from : « From a Cornish Window » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • It was not difficult for Mr. Davis to impale him upon this plea.
  • Extract from : « Robert Toombs » by Pleasant A. Stovall
  • Or wilt thou nail a man on a cross, or impale him on a stake?
  • Extract from : « Plutarch's Morals » by Plutarch
  • How soon you going to drop the pole set up to impale Winthrope?
  • Extract from : « Edith and John » by Franklin S. Farquhar
  • Don't take my track, or you may impale me like a roast pig on a spit.
  • Extract from : « Boyhood in Norway » by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
  • The chancellor of a University presumably may impale its arms with his own.
  • Extract from : « Heraldry for Craftsmen & Designers » by William Henry St. John Hope
  • Some impale themselves on the sharp-pointed stakes, and, hapless benefactors!
  • Extract from : « Samba » by Herbert Strang

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