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[ verb ] pierce with a sharp stake or point
Examples "impale a shrimp on a skewer" Used in print (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)There 's no greater catastrophe in the universe , she reflected dourly , impaling tender green_beans on the silver fork , than the dwindling_away of a family . (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)But he did not notice , and was already backing the car down to the road , saying `` Toot-toot '' ! to the stump of a tree as he passed it , the same stump which had impaled the car of many_a guest in the past thirty years and which he refused to have removed . |
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