'Impale' definitions:
Definition of 'impale'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Impale'
From: GCIDE
- Impale \Im*pale"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Impaling.] [See 2d Empale.]
- 1. To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale. [1913 Webster]
- Then with what life remains, impaled, and left To writhe at leisure round the bloody stake. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround. [1913 Webster]
- Impale him with your weapons round about. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Impenetrable, impaled with circling fire. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Her.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention. [1913 Webster]
- Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to be matched and impaled with the blessed Virgin in the honor thereof. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'impale'
From: GCIDE
- Empale \Em*pale"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Empaling.] [OF. empaler to palisade, pierce, F. empaler to punish by empalement; pref. em- (L. in) + OF. & F. pal a pale, stake. See Pale a stake, and cf. Impale.] [Written also impale.]
- 1. To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale. [1913 Webster]
- All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save themselves from surprise. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To inclose; to surround. See Impale. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Her.) Same as Impale. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'impale'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agonize,
- auger,
- bayonet,
- bite,
- bloody,
- bore,
- broach,
- claw,
- convulse,
- countersink,
- crucify,
- dagger,
- dirk,
- dismember,
- draw and quarter,
- drill,
- empierce,
- excruciate,
- fix,
- gore,
- gouge,
- gouge out,
- grill,
- harrow,
- hole,
- honeycomb,
- keelhaul,
- kill by inches,
- knife,
- lacerate,
- lance,
- lancinate,
- macerate,
- martyr,
- martyrize,
- needle,
- penetrate,
- perforate,
- picket,
- pierce,
- pink,
- plunge in,
- poniard,
- prick,
- punch,
- puncture,
- punish,
- rack,
- ream,
- ream out,
- riddle,
- rip,
- run through,
- saber,
- savage,
- scarify,
- skewer,
- spear,
- spike,
- spit,
- stab,
- stick,
- stiletto,
- sword,
- tap,
- tar and feather,
- torment,
- torture,
- transfix,
- transpierce,
- trepan,
- trephine,
- wring