impale

They evolved near the base of the ant family tree and sported sharp, sickle-shaped tusks that may have slammed upward to impale other insects.

From Science Magazine ● May 23, 2019

In any case, it’s an environment that you move around in, not some map you impale with little pins.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 30, 2018

Some female chimpanzees sharpen sticks with their teeth and use them to impale bush babies for food.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2018

The film’s writers, directors and stars lovingly impale bloodsucker mythology with the sharpened wooden stick of comedy.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2015

“I managed to snag it after you dropped it. The boar did try to impale me too, but… perks of being a ghost, and all that.”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Garon impales a wedge of red oak on an easel-like steel framework, while Kelner makes “Strip Mall Landscapes” that distill what the suburb-raised artist’s statement calls his “natural world.”

From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2021

The Doctors Dr. Ordon’s coronavirus diagnosis and road to recovery; a toothbrush impales child; children’s teeth reveal emotional trauma; instant eye de-puffer; hospice care; liver cancer risk.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2020

But suck it up, because next is a pure songwriting masterclass in “Shrike,” which is titled after a bird that impales insects on thorns.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 4, 2019

“Emperor of Mongolia, Emperor of China,” he roars, “I will be Emperor of the world!”–and impales a map with his sword.

From Time ● Dec. 11, 2014

It is the cry of the Northern shrike, of whom tradition says that he catches little birds and impales them on sharp thorns.

From Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness by Henry Van Dyke

That’s when the Yankees impaled themselves on their pinstripes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2024

But in one Lebanese mansion an anonymous painting — pierced by shards of glass from a blown-out window and impaled by wood from the window frame — gained something extraordinary.

From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2022

Local fire department personnel and state police responded early Saturday to find the animal not impaled on the structure but unable to get its belly and rear legs over the top.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2022

The original “money-grubbers” earned their living selling squirming insect larvae impaled on sticks for snacks.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2022

As I stood debating what to do, my eyes wandered about, and fell upon several placards, in red ink, impaled upon a nearby fence.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

An American, 47, reportedly tried to climb over a fence in Piazza del Colosseo, presumably to get a closer look at the Colosseum, before falling and impaling himself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2025

The new 0.6-mile route replaces one general traffic lane of West Marginal Way Southwest with waist-high concrete dividers for the two-way bike lane, along with yellow-and-black steel attenuators that prevent drivers from impaling their cars.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2023

The insect-eating birds have beaks like swords, appropriate for stabbing and impaling insects.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Oltmann also added during his podcast that he could have been worse off, but he was already taking the antibiotic doxycycline after accidentally impaling himself with an arrow at his brother's house.

From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2021

When the railroad police came through the train, impaling the haystacks to flush out stowaways, the trainers packed the boys into tack trunks.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand