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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David Cifaldi was hiking Montana’s Granite Peak with friends when he slipped and was impaled by his trekking pole.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
That’s when the Yankees impaled themselves on their pinstripes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 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
“It’s sort of like if the Mona Lisa had been impaled somehow,” Neil Myers, a landscape artist who painted a 24-by-30-inch portrait of the cactus in 2007, told The Washington Post.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2022
He pulled up the string and showed Dicey a half-eaten worm still impaled on the hook.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
