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Verb impale has 2 senses
- transfix, impale, empale, spike - pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer"
--1 is one way to pierce, thrust
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- impale, stake - kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies were impaled and left to die"
--2 is one way to kill
Sample sentence:
They want to impale the prisoners
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