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impale

verb as in stab

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I marveled at the time that the ghost of Pete Seeger, who had turned a couple of traditional gospel songs into the civil rights anthem “We Shall Overcome,” didn’t rise from the grave and impale Corker on a lightning bolt.

Michigan and Wisconsin hold sturgeon spearing seasons each winter as well where anglers drill holes through lake ice and impale sturgeon as they swim past.

They used the Union soldiers’ own bayonets to impale the dead and wounded, pinning them to the ground, according to research by Kruse.

Teeth in their lower jaw impale the prey first and help anchor the snake as it twists to reach up, over, and around the rodent in preparation for squeezing the life out of it.

On Nov. 22, a campaign received texts threatening to “impale” and “disembowel” a candidate.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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