Definition of "impaled" []

• Pinned to something by piercing. (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of impale. (verb)

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• "However, fallen trees remain impaled into homes, tangled in electrical wires and everywhere else imaginable."
• "His sword impaled one, but the weapon was wrenched aside as the leader flung the expendable one forward and raised his axe in both hands."
• "Colvin, the Cubs 'baserunner at third, was struck by a piece of shattered bat ( "impaled" seems like too strong a term; "stabbed" is more accurate) as he scored."