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Synonyms for impaled

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

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Définition of impaled

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 :
  • Just as I reached the door, he looked up and impaled me on his finger again.
  • Extract from : « The Repairman » by Harry Harrison
  • The impaled heads of the victims were still to be recognized.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Henry Martyn Baird
  • He stopped, considering, then impaled the man with a cold stare.
  • Extract from : « The Best Made Plans » by Everett B. Cole
  • She wears too much white; she is impaled with a white consciousness.
  • Extract from : « Adventures in the Arts » by Marsden Hartley
  • And the Neapolitans impaled him in the outskirts of the town.
  • Extract from : « Procopius » by Procopius
  • Is it not better to be my slipper-bearer than to be impaled?'
  • Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • If the bird is not impaled on one of the sharp points it may be held in the fork.
  • Extract from : « Negritos of Zambales » by William Allan Reed
  • A few seconds more, and he might be impaled on that terrible horn.
  • Extract from : « The Giraffe Hunters » by Mayne Reid
  • Finally his head was severed from the trunk of his body and impaled.
  • Extract from : « A Visit to Java » by W. Basil Worsfold
  • Had it not been for that Magazine, I should have been impaled without a shadow of a doubt.
  • Extract from : « Burlesques » by William Makepeace Thackeray

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