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Showing words for IMPALE using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Impale

impale, palmie

5 Letter Words for Impale

ample, elamp, email, impel, limpa, maile, malie, maple, melia, milpa, pelma, pilea

4 Letter Words for Impale

aiel, aile, alem, alep, alme, amel, amie, amil, amli, eila, epil, ilea, lame, lamp, leam, leap, lepa, lima, lime, limp, lipa, lipe, mail, male, mali, meal, mela, miae, mila, mile, pail, pale, pali, palm, peai, peal, pela, pial, pila, pile, pilm, pima, plea, plia, plie, plim

3 Letter Words for Impale

ail, aim, ale, alp, ame, ami, amp, ape, apl, eam, ela, eli, elm, emp, epa, epi, ile, imp, ipl, ipm, lai, lam, lap, lea, lei, lem, lep, lie, lim, lip, lpm, mae, mal, map, mea, mei, mel, mia, mil, pal, pam, pea, pel, pia, pie, pil, pli

Definitions for Impale

[1] to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
[2] to pierce with a sharpened stake thrust up through the body, as for torture or punishment.
[3] to fix upon, or pierce through with, anything pointed.
[4] to make helpless as if pierced through.
[5] Archaic . to enclose with or as if with pales or stakes; fence in; hem in.
[6] Heraldry . to marshal (two coats of arms, as the family arms of a husband and wife) on an escutcheon party per pale. (of a coat of arms) to be combined with (another coat of arms) in this way.
[7] (often foll by on, upon, or with ) to pierce with a sharp instrument they impaled his severed head on a spear
[8] archaic to enclose with pales or fencing; fence in
[9] heraldry to charge (a shield) with two coats of arms placed side by side

Words related to Impale

prick, transfix, lance, pierce, spear, punch, stick, puncture, spike, skewer, perforate, skiver

Words nearby Impale

impactive, impair, impaired, impairment, impala, impale, impalpable, impanation, impanel, impar, imparadise

Origin of Impale

1545–55; < Medieval Latin impālāre, equivalent to Latin im- im-1 + pāl(us ) pale2 + -ā- thematic vowel + -re infinitive ending

Other words from Impale

im·pal·er , noun
im·pale·ment , noun

Word origin for Impale

C16: from Medieval Latin impālāre, from Latin im- (in) + pālus pale ²

Synonyms for Impale

prick, transfix, lance, perforate, pierce, punch, puncture, skewer, spear, spike, stick, run through, skiver