impale
verb (used with object)
to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
has impaled
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present perfectof impale (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The jacket’s four-month journey — by truck, boat, and sometimes plane and rail — shows just how deeply the pandemic has impaled the world’s supply chains.
From Washington Post
Suppose you tell me what has impaled you.
From Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 by Various
No man has impaled snobbery with such a stinging rapier, but he always accused himself of being a snob, past all cure.
From Yesterdays with Authors by James T. Fields
