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

1. transitive verb. To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale.
2. transitive verb. To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround.
3. transitive verb. To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention.
4. verb. pierce with a sharp stake or point

   "impale a shrimp on a skewer"

   Synonyms: empale, spike, transfix

5. verb. kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole

   "the enemies were impaled and left to die"

   Synonyms: stake

Synonyms

empale, spike, transfix, stake

Common word forms

impaled, impaler, impales, impaling, impalement

Words from these letters

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