impale
pronunciation
How to pronounce impale in British English:
UK [ɪmˈpeɪl]
How to pronounce impale in American English:
US [ɪmˈpeɪl]
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- Verb:
- pierce with a sharp stake or point
- kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole
Word Origin
- impale (v.)
- 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.
Example
- 1. Don 't let them impale me . I wanna live .
- 2. Do not push me or iwill impale you on my horns .
- 3. Don 't let them impale me .
- 4. Do not push me , or I wil impale you on my .
- 5. Fleeing away is useless , my arrow will still impale your brain .