impale

Meaning

1. (transitive) To pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.
2. (transitive) To place two coats of arms side by side on the same shield (often those of two spouses upon marriage).
3. (ambitransitive) To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake.
4. (ambitransitive) To enclose or fence with stakes.

Synonyms

transfix

pierce

skewer

pierce through

stab

stake

perforate

stick

spear

spike

spit

empale

punch

👊

gore

lance

transpiece

drill

immobilize

penetrate

petrify

piece

prick

prickle

puncture

put

quill

thread

🧵

thrust

bore

Translations

empaler

spietsen

ανασκολοπίζω

impalare

empalar

παλουκώνω

empalar

aufspießen

atravesar

impalar

καρφώνω

estacar

خوزق

διατρυπώ

stemmen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪmˈpeɪl/

Etymology

From Middle French, from Medieval Latin impālāre, from Latin palus, whence also pale.