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Impale

🔄 Synonyms of "Impale"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
stakenoun	A share or interest in a business or a given situation.
transfixverb	(transitive) To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.
empaleverb	(transitive) To make pale.
spikenoun	A sort of very large nail.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
spikeverb	A sort of very large nail.
stakeverb	A share or interest in a business or a given situation.
empaleverb	(transitive) To make pale.
transfixverb	(transitive) To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.
stabverb	(transitive) To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
gorenoun	Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
enpierceverb	(obsolete) To pierce.
through-girdverb	(obsolete, transitive) To pierce all the way through with a sword, spear, or the like.
enthrillverb	(transitive) To cause to thrill.
pincushionnoun	(sewing) A device, originally like a small, stuffed cushion, designed to have sewing pins and needles stuck into it to store them safely; some modern pincushions hold the objects magnetically.
lancinateverb	(transitive) To pierce or stab (as with a lance); to lance.
piercenoun	(Japan) A pierced earring.
engoreverb	(obsolete, transitive) To gore; to pierce; to lacerate.
implungeverb	(transitive, obsolete) To plunge (something into something else).
bestickverb	(transitive) To stick on the surface of; cover over.
spiculatenoun	Covered with, or having, spicules.
plungenoun	The act of plunging or submerging.
pointnoun	A small dot or mark.
sticknoun	An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.
acupunctuateverb	(rare) To pierce with a needle; to treat with acupuncture.