Pierced or stabbed with a sharp pointed object; to have something sharp pushed through your body.
From Old French 'empaler,' derived from Latin 'im-' (in) and 'palus' (stake or pale). Literally means to put on a stake or pointed object.
Vlad the Impaler, the 15th-century Wallachian ruler who inspired the Dracula legend, earned his name by impaling thousands of his enemies on stakes as a military strategy and terror tactic—a brutal but historically documented practice.
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