impaled

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/ɪmˈpeɪld/ English

Definitions

verb

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

adjective

Pinned to something by piercing.

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Synonyms

pale palisade picket fix run through stake stick transfix stuck planted enté en point hatpinned enfiled piered pierced ironed immured tourniqueted

Associated

osmose impalement nazarene rebar cephalic shard vlad flagpole spear spikes sharpened decapitated

Rhymes

veiled wailed unveiled assailed curtailed hailed entailed prevailed naled failed

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