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Word: Impale
Speech Type: Verb
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘enclose with stakes or pales’): from French empaler or medieval Latin impalare, from Latin in- ‘in’ + palus ‘a stake’
ɪmˈpeɪl
transfix or pierce with a sharp instrument
Short Definition:transfix or pierce with sharp instrument
Examples:- his head was impaled on a pike and exhibited for all to see
display (a coat of arms) side by side with another on the same shield, separated by a vertical line
Short Definition:display coat of arms side by side with another on same shield
Examples:- the impaled arms of her husband and her father
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