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impaled

verb , past tense of impale

Synonyms and Antonyms of impaled

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object

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

Synonyms of impaled

gored, harpooned, jabbed, lanced, pecked, picked, pierced, pinked, punctured, ran through, skewered, speared, spiked, spitted, stabbed, stuck, transfixed, transpierced

Words Related to impaled

perforated, riddled

bayoneted (also bayonetted), dirked, gimleted, piked, poniarded, pronged, quilled

pinpricked, poked, pricked, punched, thrust

cut, knifed, sliced

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