vverb.contactpierce with a sharp stake or pointSynset:empale spike transfix
Examples:- impale a shrimp on a skewer
Derivationally Related Form:spikeimpalement
Hypernyms:pierce thrust
Inherited Hypernyms:transfixpiercepenetrateenter
Direct Hyponyms:pinspear
Full Troponyms:pinskewerspear
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.contactkill by piercing with a spear or sharp poleSynset:stake
Examples:- the enemies were impaled and left to die
Derivationally Related Form:stakeimpalement
Hypernyms:kill
Inherited Hypernyms:impalekill
Entailment:pierce
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s somebody PP | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: impale, stake)