ανασκολοπίζω — meaning in English

English meaning

• impale verb To pierce something through with a long, pointed object.
• transfix verb To make someone freeze completely still, through fear, wonder, or awe.

Senses

ανασκολοπίζω is used for these senses in English:

• impale (ambitransitive) To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake.
• transfix (transitive) To fix or impale.

impale — full definition

1. verb To pierce something through with a long, pointed object.
2. verb Historically, to kill someone by driving a stake through their body.

transfix — full definition

1. verb To make someone freeze completely still, through fear, wonder, or awe.
2. verb To stab through something with a sharp, pointed weapon.
3. verb To pin something firmly in place, or impale it.

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