Synonyms of impaled

impaled

verb

past tense of impale

as in stabbed

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object

impale a marshmallow or two on that stick and let's start toasting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stabbed
• pierced
• punctured
• jabbed
• picked
• stuck
• speared
• pecked
• skewered
• harpooned
• spitted
• transfixed
• gored
• spiked
• poked
• sliced
• lanced
• punched
• pinked
• ran through
• transpierced
• spindled
• perforated
• bayoneted
• pricked
• riddled
• knifed
• cut
• thrust
• pronged
• piked
• quilled
• gimleted
• dirked
• pinpricked
• poniarded

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of impaled

Just as Wolvie is hot on their trail, he’s impaled by a harpoon and the demo sadly comes to an end. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026

Rhaenyra is called into her chambers to find the window open, and Helaena impaled dead on the spikes below, one spike garrishly sticking out of her neck. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

David Cifaldi of Billings fell while hiking at high elevation and unintentionally impaled himself on one of his own trekking poles. — Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 29 July 2026

The involved vehicle struck a metal railing and was then impaled by it, according to a CHP incident log. — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026

The person was also reportedly impaled by a tree branch, which first responders declined to remove during the transport process. — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026

The black rhino, which weighed approximately 2,900 pounds, charged at van Jaarsveld and fatally impaled him. — Ryan Brennan april 27, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026

Lind — despite being stabbed in the eye and impaled with a samurai sword — managed to survive the attack. — Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026

The few Alawite religious leaders who dared to remain in Aleppo and resist were captured, impaled on metal spikes, and displayed in public squares. — Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026