empale

An obsolete variant spelling of 'impale', meaning to pierce with a sharp object or stake.

• 🌐صيغة قديمة لكلمة 'impale'، وتعني ثقب الشيء أو اختراقه بجسم حاد، أو رفعه وتثبيته على وتد أو عمود مدبب.

1. Pierce with a sharp object C2 formal

   To thrust a sharp stake or pointed object through something, often as a form of torture or execution.

   • The warrior was empaled on the enemy's spear.
   • Historical accounts describe how prisoners were empaled as punishment.
   • The sharp branch empaled the fallen hiker's leg.

   🌐ثقب بجسم حاد

   المرادفات: impalepiercerun throughskewerspearspikestabtransfix

• empaled past participle
• empaled past simple
• empaling present participle
• empales third person singular