empale

[ em-peyl ]

verb (used with object)

, em·paled, em·pal·ing.

1. impale ( defs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ).

empale

/ ɪmˈpeɪl /

verb

1. a less common spelling of impale

Derived Forms

• emˈpaler, noun
• emˈpalement, noun

Other Words From

• em·palement noun
• em·paler noun

Example Sentences

Outside of France, this is sometimes represented by an empaled dragon from which issue a number of little dragons flying away.

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They were empaling him, drawing him on with oxen.

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The first who would excite a tumult is empaled; and all is tranquil.

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"Well," said Yebor, shaking his bald pate, "we must empale Zadig for having thought contemptuously of griffins, and the other party for having spoken disrespectfully of rabbits."

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They empale their prey on locust thorns and on the spines of other trees and bushes; and I have known a barbed-wire fence to be decorated with the remains of their victims.

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