| Impale 1. (v. t.) To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale. 2. (v. t.) To enclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround. 3. (v. t.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention. Thesaurus Entries agonize, auger, bayonet, bite, bloody, bore, broach, claw, convulse, countersink, crucify, dagger, dirk, dismember, draw and quarter, drill, empierce, excruciate, fix, gore, gouge, gouge out, grill, harrow, hole, honeycomb, keelhaul, kill by inches, knife, lacerate, lance, lancinate, macerate, martyr, martyrize, needle, penetrate, perforate, picket, pierce, pink, plunge in, poniard, prick, punch, puncture, punish, rack, ream, ream out, riddle, rip, run through, saber, savage, scarify, skewer, spear, spike, spit, stab, stick, stiletto, sword, tap, tar and feather, torment, torture, transfix, transpierce, trepan, trephine, wring |