Found 2 items, similar to Impale.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: impale impale v 1: pierce with a sharp stake or point; “impale a shrimp on a skewer” [syn: transfix, empale, spike] 2: kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; “the enemies were impaled and left to die” [syn: stake]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Impale 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]