Synonyms of impales

impales

verb

present tense third-person singular of impale

as in stabs

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

• stabs
• pierces
• punctures
• picks
• jabs
• sticks
• spits
• pecks
• transfixes
• spikes
• spears
• lances
• pokes
• gores
• skewers
• runs through
• harpoons
• slices
• punches
• perforates
• transpierces
• pinks
• thrusts
• spindles
• pricks
• quills
• cuts
• pikes
• poniards
• riddles
• knifes
• bayonets
• prongs
• dirks
• gimlets
• pinpricks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of impales

Not long after, Jax Briggs (Mehcad Brooks) bites it in a separate fight with Shao Kahn, who brutally impales him with his hammer. — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 9 May 2026

But then Linda goes chasing a wild boar through the jungle while toting a bamboo spear, and impales it to death in a gleefully gratuitous scene of CGI gore. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2026

Thankfully, at that moment, the one survivor who escaped the Jimmies' clutches, a pregnant woman named Cathy (Mirren Mack) who has been hiding in the rafters watching these horrors unfold, unhitches a large hook that swings down and impales Jimmima in the back of the head. — Megan McCluskey, Time, 16 Jan. 2026