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Verb
/imˈpāl/,
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impaled, past participle; impales, 3rd person singular present; impaling, present participle; impaled, past tense;
  1. Pierce or transfix with a sharp instrument
    • - his head was impaled on a pike and exhibited for all to see
  2. Display (a coat of arms) side by side with another on the same shield, separated by a vertical line
    • - the impaled arms of her husband and her father
  3. (of a coat of arms) Adjoin (another coat of arms) in this way

  1. transfix: pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer"
  2. kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies were impaled and left to die"
  3. (Impaled (band)) Impaled is a currently active death metal / goregrind band from Oakland, California.
  4. (Impaled (illusion)) Impaled is a classic stage illusion in which a performer appears to be impaled on or by a sword or pole. ...
  5. (Impaling) Impalement is the driving of objects through the body, causing deep stabbing wounds. It can refer either to accidental events or to deliberate wounding used as a method of torture or execution. In stage magic, the illusion of impalement is employed to simulate the real thing.
  6. to pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake; more generally, to pierce (something) with any long, pointed object
  7. (IMPALED) In heraldy, describes a shield divided per "pale" to incorporate the arms of two different families, side by side.
  8. 1) (v) In heraldry a term for the marshalling (or placing) of two sets of arms side-by-side on a shield or banner of arms to indicate marriage or alliance – empale (see also ‘coat of arms 2)’, ‘dimidiated’ and ‘entire')
  9. A heraldry term meaning to divide in two vertically.  Flags that are impaled have different designs placed on each half.  See Pale
  10. To place two coats side by side on a single shield, as in certain marital arms where the husband's coat is placed on the dexter and the wife's on the sinister half of the shield.
  11. To join two coats of arms palewise. (Also written empale.)
  12. This ability launches a row of blades from beneath the ground, dealing damage to ground enemies in the area and hurling them into the air. This actually stuns the enemies for a short duration when they land.
  13. im·pale (îm-pâlą) also em·pale (čm-) verb, transitive im·paled, im·pal·ing, im·pales 1. a. To pierce with a sharp stake or point. b. To torture or kill by impaling. 2. To render helpless as if by impaling. [Medieval Latin impâlâre : Latin in-, in.] . im·paleąment noun . im·paląer noun
  14. White-faced Red Indian