English to Icelandic Meaning of impale - impale

Impale :

impale

verb

umgerð, settu, þá lokum, fangelsa, athuga, gyrða

Impale :: impaleImpaled :: impaledImpalement :: impalementImpales :: impalesImpaling :: impaling

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Definitions of impale in English

Verb(1) pierce with a sharp stake or point(2) kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole

Examples of impale in English

(1) In 1599 he applied to impale his arms with those of his wife's family.(2) She quickly punched the first one and jumped to the side as one tried to impale her with a spear.(3) A more satisfactory ending for the character might have been impalement from giant stalactite.(4) But if you do not return in seven days, then your lord will be sentenced to impalement .(5) You plummet to the bottom screaming and are impaled on the spikes.(6) To stop transects from moving they were lightly impaled on a thin spike attached to the bottom of the dish.(7) It was then that I caught sight of a series of strange metal bars impaled within the side of the walls near the entrance of the corridor.(8) With a rather spectacular thud, the large man went sprawling, narrowly missing a rather bloody impalement on his own sword.(9) Vlad Tepez, the real Dracula and true impaler , could not have done a finer job.(10) Looking out from its burrow as the selected fish swims past, its claws lunge forward and, striking in as little as 3 milliseconds, trap the prey by impaling it.(11) A pensioner who survived being impaled on a metal fence-post was ├ö├ç├┐critical but stable├ö├ç├û in hospital yesterday.(12) Death by impalement involved piercing the victim with one end of a sharp stake, planting the other end in the ground, and leaving the person, at gravity's mercy, to sink further down into the spear.(13) A Yorkshire schoolboy cheated death after he was impaled on an iron spike that went straight through his throat.(14) Bow hunters have fallen on their bow or arrows, impaling themselves, and other hunters have fallen on their firearm or dropped it, resulting in an accidental shooting when the gun discharged.(15) Stick your head through and hey presto, it looks to have been impaled on a pikestaff above York's royal gateway.(16) Although imbibing nothing stronger than orange juice, he later tripped and was almost impaled on a halberd.

Related Phrases of impale

(1) impale ::

impale

Related Phrases of impale

(1) impale ::

impale

Synonyms

Verb

1. stick ::

stafur

2. spike ::

gaddur

3. stake ::

hlut

Different Forms

impale, impaled, impalement, impales, impaling

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