impaled

verb

past tense of impale
as in stabbed
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object impale a marshmallow or two on that stick and let's start toasting

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Recent Examples of impaled David Cifaldi of Billings fell while hiking at high elevation and unintentionally impaled himself on one of his own trekking poles. — Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 29 July 2026 The involved vehicle struck a metal railing and was then impaled by it, according to a CHP incident log. — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026 The person was also reportedly impaled by a tree branch, which first responders declined to remove during the transport process. — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026 Jerrod's fingers are cut off before he's impaled in front of a crowd, including a distraught Kitana. — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 9 May 2026 The black rhino, which weighed approximately 2,900 pounds, charged at van Jaarsveld and fatally impaled him. — Ryan Brennan april 27, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026 Lind — despite being stabbed in the eye and impaled with a samurai sword — managed to survive the attack. — Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026 After first threatening to kill Hole, Barli instead jumps out of his fifth-floor balcony window, where he is impaled on an outdoor rotary clothes airer stationed in the garden below. — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026 The few Alawite religious leaders who dared to remain in Aleppo and resist were captured, impaled on metal spikes, and displayed in public squares. — Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impaled
  1. stabbed
  2. pierced
  3. punctured
  4. jabbed
  5. picked
  6. stuck
Verb
  • After being stabbed in the ass by Northmen Roddy the Ruin (Tommy Flanagan), Ulf’s (Tom Bennett) dragon suddenly roars in from above and takes them both out in a giant ball of fire.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Kailey Erhart, 22, stabbed her 5-month-old and 3-year-old children to death on Thursday after waving a gun at her estranged husband and threatening to kill herself, according to police.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of stabbed
Verb
  • Last month, the image of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo being pinned to the ground, his torso pierced by a bullet, became the latest evocation of that history.
    — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
  • More than 180 bullets pierced, cracked or shattered windows in six buildings on campus.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of pierced
Verb
  • But her neo-yuppie fantasy is punctured when she’s rejected from a business-school summer program.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 4 Aug. 2026
  • People didn’t buy the Old Hollywood Grande of the early 2020s; her headlines punctured the wholesome façade.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of punctured
Verb
  • Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu jabbed back against the prevailing narrative yesterday, saying she was never invited to participate in the WNBA’s 3-point contest this weekend.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • Two of the points on the rear treble hook were jabbed deeply into the flesh on the outside of the pike’s mouth.
    — Jack G. Mell, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2026
Definition of jabbed
Verb
  • Later that day, her most devout followers rented a fleet of RVs, picked Didulo up from her apartment, and began driving across the country.
    — Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The group quickly grew at home and received attention from beyond — in its first year running, Futsi was picked to host the International Street Football Association’s Northern California regional qualifier for its inaugural World Cup tournament.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of picked
Verb
  • Her crippling impostor syndrome was a feature, not a bug — we were stuck there with her for at least two seasons.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The result has been a prolonged low-hire, low-fire job market that’s left many workers of all ages stuck in limbo.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of stuck

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