impale
vt . 刺穿,使绝望,钉住
刺穿,使绝望,钉住
impale v 1 :
pierce with a sharp stake or point ; "
impale a shrimp on a skewer " [
synonym : {
transfix }, {
impale }, {
empale }, {
spike }]
2 :
kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole ; "
the enemies were impaled and left to die " [
synonym : {
impale }, {
stake }]
Impale \
Im *
pale "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Impaled };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Impaling }.] [
See 2d {
Empale }.]
1 .
To pierce with a pale ;
to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake .
See {
Empale }.
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Then with what life remains ,
impaled ,
and left To writhe at leisure round the bloody stake .
--
Addison .
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2 .
To inclose ,
as with pales or stakes ;
to surround .
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Impale him with your weapons round about . --
Shak .
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Impenetrable ,
impaled with circling fire . --
Milton .
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3 . (
Her .)
To join ,
as two coats of arms on one shield ,
palewise ;
hence ,
to join in honorable mention .
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Ordered the admission of St .
Patrick to the same to be matched and impaled with the blessed Virgin in the honor thereof . --
Fuller .
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Empale \
Em *
pale "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Empaled };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Empaling }.] [
OF .
empaler to palisade ,
pierce ,
F .
empaler to punish by empalement ;
pref .
em - (
L .
in )
OF . &
F .
pal a pale ,
stake .
See {
Pale }
a stake ,
and cf . {
Impale }.] [
Written also {
impale }.]
1 .
To fence or fortify with stakes ;
to surround with a line of stakes for defense ;
to impale .
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All that dwell near enemies empale villages ,
to save themselves from surprise . --
Sir W .
Raleigh .
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2 .
To inclose ;
to surround .
See {
Impale }.
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3 .
To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body .
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4 . (
Her .)
Same as {
Impale }.
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73 Moby Thesaurus words for "
impale ":
agonize ,
auger ,
bayonet ,
bite ,
bloody ,
bore ,
broach ,
claw ,
convulse ,
countersink ,
crucify ,
dagger ,
dirk ,
dismember ,
draw and quarter ,
drill ,
empierce ,
excruciate ,
fix ,
gore ,
gouge ,
gouge out ,
grill ,
harrow ,
hole ,
honeycomb ,
keelhaul ,
kill by inches ,
knife ,
lacerate ,
lance ,
lancinate ,
macerate ,
martyr ,
martyrize ,
needle ,
penetrate ,
perforate ,
picket ,
pierce ,
pink ,
plunge in ,
poniard ,
prick ,
punch ,
puncture ,
punish ,
rack ,
ream ,
ream out ,
riddle ,
rip ,
run through ,
saber ,
savage ,
scarify ,
skewer ,
spear ,
spike ,
spit ,
stab ,
stick ,
stiletto ,
sword ,
tap ,
tar and feather ,
torment ,
torture ,
transfix ,
transpierce ,
trepan ,
trephine ,
wring
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