Synonyms for impale
Definitions
- v. 1
To pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.
- v. 2
To enclose or fence with stakes.
- v. 3
To place two coats of arms side by side on the same shield (often those of two spouses upon marriage).
Related words
- Word family
- impalement
Forms
- Past participle
- impaled
e.g. impaled → pierced, sticked, punctured, pricked…
Example sentences
- pierce Ordinary arrows can't pierce the dragon's scales.
- prick I now have the ability to be a pretentious prick.
- puncture Have you got round to mending that puncture yet?
- torture His lecture on chemistry was nothing but torture.
By length
- 3 letters
- fix1
- 4 letters
- pale1
- 5 letters
- stick1, stake1, spike1, prick1
- 6 letters
- pierce1, picket2, empale
- 7 letters
- torture2
- 8 letters
- puncture2, palisade3, transfix2, empierce
- 9 letters
- penetrate3, perforate3, lancinate
- 11 letters
- transpierce
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (picket2 = 2 syllables).