impalare — meaning in English

English meaning

• impale verb To pierce something through with a long, pointed object.
• skewer noun A thin metal or wooden rod used to hold pieces of food together while cooking.

Senses

impalare is used for these senses in English:

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

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.

skewer — full definition

1. noun A thin metal or wooden rod used to hold pieces of food together while cooking.
2. verb To pierce something through with a skewer or similar pointed object.
3. verb To sharply criticize or mock someone or something.

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