impale
verb (used with object)
to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
impaled
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past participleof impale.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof impale.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
impaleverb (used with object)to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
Example Sentences
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That’s when the Yankees impaled themselves on their pinstripes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2024
And when a Labrador retriever owned by another company officer gulped down a bagel impaled with a toothpick, he said, most of the resulting $10,5000 surgical bill was covered as well.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
Local fire department personnel and state police responded early Saturday to find the animal not impaled on the structure but unable to get its belly and rear legs over the top.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2022
A "miraculously lucky" farmer who survived being impaled through the abdomen by a tine on his forklift truck has thanked medics who saved his life.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2021
Octavian slid his iron dagger from his belt and threw it at the table, where it impaled a map of Camp Half-Blood.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
