impaling Definition

impale
verb impaled, impaling

1a. To pierce with, or as if with, a long, pointed object or weapon;

Thesaurus: lance, pierce, skewer, perforate, puncture, spear, transfix, spit, run through, spike.
1b. To put someone to death by this method.
2. heraldry.
To put (two coats-of-arms) on a shield divided vertically into two.

Derivative: impalement
noun

Etymology: 16c: from Latin impaler, from palus a stake.