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ɪmˈpeɪlim·pale

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. transfix, impale, empale, spikeverb

    pierce with a sharp stake or point

    "impale a shrimp on a skewer"

  2. impale, stakeverb

    kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole

    "the enemies were impaled and left to die"

Wiktionary

  1. impaleverb

    to pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake.

  2. impaleverb

    more generally, to pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.

  3. Etymology: From impālāre, from palus.

Wikipedia

  1. impale

    Impalement, as a method of torture and execution, is the penetration of a human by an object such as a stake, pole, spear, or hook, often by the complete or partial perforation of the torso. It was particularly used in response to "crimes against the state" and regarded across a number of cultures as a very harsh form of capital punishment and recorded in myth and art. Impalement was also used during times of war to suppress rebellions, punish traitors or collaborators, and punish breaches of military discipline. Offences where impalement was occasionally employed included contempt for the state's responsibility for safe roads and trade routes by committing highway robbery or grave robbery, violating state policies or monopolies, or subverting standards for trade. Offenders have also been impaled for a variety of cultural, sexual, and religious reasons. References to impalement in Babylonia and the Neo-Assyrian Empire are found as early as the 18th century BC.

ChatGPT

  1. impale

    Impale is a term that refers to piercing or stabbing something or someone with a pointed object, often with considerable force. This action usually involves pushing the object completely through the body or item being impaled.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Impaleverb

    to pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale

  2. Impaleverb

    to inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround

  3. Impaleverb

    to join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention

  4. Etymology: [See 2d Empale.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Impale

    im-pāl′, v.t. to fence in with stakes: to shut in: to put to death by spitting on a stake.—n. Impale′ment, an enclosed space: (her.) the marshalling side by side of two escutcheons combined in one. [Fr. empaler—L. in, in, palus, a stake.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. impale

    In heraldry, to arrange two coats of arms side by side in one shield divided per pale. It is usual thus to exhibit the conjoined coats of husband and wife, the husband’s arms occupying the dexter, or right side, and the wife’s the sinister, or left side, of the escutcheon.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Impale in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Impale in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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  • пробода, набивам на кол, пронизвам, нанизвам, пробождам, пронижа, нанижаBulgarian
  • spiddeDanish
  • aufspießenGerman
  • καρφώνω, ανασκολοπίζωGreek
  • empalarSpanish
  • keihästää, seivästääFinnish
  • empalerFrench
  • karóba húzHungarian
  • setja á nál, stinga á tein, reka í gegn, stjaksetjaIcelandic
  • kōhikuMāori
  • набива, набодуваMacedonian
  • doorboren, spietsenDutch
  • empalarPortuguese
  • пронзить, сажать на кол, проколоть, протыкать, проткнуть, прокалывать, пронзать, посадить на колRussian
  • 刺穿Chinese

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