impale

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verb

1. pierce with a sharp stake or point (Freq. 2)
- impale a shrimp on a skewer
• Syn:
transfix, empale, spike
• Derivationally related forms:
spike (for: spike), impalement
• Hypernyms:
pierce, thrust
• Hyponyms:
pin, spear
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole
- the enemies were impaled and left to die
• Syn:
stake
• Derivationally related forms:
stake (for: stake), impalement
• Hypernyms:
kill
• Entailment:
pierce
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- They want to impale the prisoners

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  stake, transfix, empale, spike