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

“As soon as you impale that apple on the nail, decay begins,” Viancour says.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 19, 2017

Horrified, they watched Papa squeamishly impale a muddy worm on the hook.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

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

O’Reilly impales himself on a contradiction: He says his book is “laudatory” about Reagan — and that it is being attacked by Reagan “guardians” and “loyalists.”

From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2015

“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

See with what a piercing look He impales, as with a skewer, This unlucky little book!

From Familiar Faces by Graham, Harry

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2024

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

A "miraculously lucky" farmer who survived being impaled through the abdomen by a tine on his forklift truck has thanked medics who saved his life.

From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2021

They staggered over slick glass ledges, around massive boulders, avoiding stalagmites that would’ve impaled them with any slip of the foot.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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