Thesaurus:impale
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English[edit]
Verb[edit]
(transitive)
Sense: to pierce something with any long, pointed object[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- empierce (now rare)
- fix
- impale
- pierce
- prick
- puncture
- run through
- stake
- stick [⇒ thesaurus]
- transfix
- transpierce
Hyponyms[edit]
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “260. opening” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “impale” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.