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Empale

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. Variant of impale.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. Obsolete form of impale.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To make pale.

v. To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale.

v. To inclose; to surround. See Impale.

v. To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.

v. Same as Impale.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

etc. See impale, etc.

To cause to grow pale.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. pierce with a sharp stake or point

Word Usage

"They empale their prey on locust thorns and on the spines of other trees and bushes; and I have known a barbed-wire fence to be decorated with the remains of their victims."

Verb Form

empaled empaling

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

thrust pierce

Variant

impale

Hyponym

spear pin