1a : to pierce with or as if with something pointed especially : to torture or kill by fixing on a sharp stake.
How do you use impale in a sentence?
Impale in a Sentence ?
- During the horror movie, the knife would impale the girl through the heart killing her instantly.
- When I donated blood, the nurse was so rough and impatient that she seemed to impale the needle in my arm with great force.
What does it mean to transfix someone?
transitive verb. 1 : to hold motionless by or as if by piercing he stood transfixed by her gaze. 2 : to pierce through with or as if with a pointed weapon : impale.
