Dictionary Entry
impale
impale is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale.
- 2transitive verb
To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround.
- 3transitive verb
To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention.
- 4verb
pierce with a sharp stake or point
"impale a shrimp on a skewer"
- 5verb
kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole
"the enemies were impaled and left to die"
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