as in to stab
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
impale a marshmallow or two on that stick and let's start toasting
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Recent Examples of impale
An Italian surfer died last week after being impaled by a needlefish in the waters off Masokut Island in Indonesia.
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Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
There’s a creepy hitchhiker, a girl who becomes impaled by a meat hook, and graveyard vandalism, all told in a grainy, documentary style (including a series of unsettling radio reports and opening narration).
—Sydney Bishop, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
Turns out, Agatha was pushing her down to save her from being impaled by a sword.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024
The horse got spooked and impaled itself on a fence.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2024
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Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
There’s a creepy hitchhiker, a girl who becomes impaled by a meat hook, and graveyard vandalism, all told in a grainy, documentary style (including a series of unsettling radio reports and opening narration).
—Sydney Bishop, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
Turns out, Agatha was pushing her down to save her from being impaled by a sword.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024
The horse got spooked and impaled itself on a fence.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impale
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Her daughter, Martha Moxley, was found bludgeoned and fatally stabbed with a golf club in the backyard of her family’s home in Greenwich’s tony Belle Haven neighborhood on Halloween 1975.Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 27 Dec. 2024
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She had been beaten so savagely with a golf club belonging to a set in the Skakel house that the club snapped and the killer used a jagged piece to stab her through the neck.Staff report, Hartford Courant, 26 Dec. 2024
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In art and politics equally, 2024 has been—to me, at least—a swerving journey between high peaks and low depths, blind confusions and piercing revelations, the crooked and the straight.Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2024
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The wire runs along the catalyst layer, then pierces the ePTFE membrane to connect to the current collector in the back of the electrode.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2024
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No matter how well the software operates, tires do get punctured!Richard Bishop, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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These sharp needles could also puncture the digestive tract, which might lead to more severe health issues.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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This is the last poll of 2024, but The Tennessean will pick it back up in January so be looking.Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
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John Phelan, founder of MSD Capital, was picked for secretary of the Navy, and Charles Kushner, father-in-law to Ivanka Trump and founder of Kushner Companies real estate firm, was chosen for ambassador to France.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Barton appears to enjoy juxtaposing the banality of Helen’s life as a wife and mother—flawlessly hosting her husband’s holiday work party, sticking jewels on a crown for a Nativity costume—with the extravagant action of her secret life.Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
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But nothing ever seems to stick, and that's because no experiment has given any hint that quarks and leptons are composite particles.Paul Sutter, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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The Treasury Secretary and Fed chairman are the two most important economic policy roles in the U.S., and Trump has often jabbed at Powell, who was a Trump appointee during his first term.Derek Saul, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Riley, an attorney, has jabbed the finger right back at his opponent, pointing out that the influx of migrants from the southern border happened under his watch as Congressman.Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Impale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impale. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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