"impale" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɪmˈpeɪl/ [Received-Pronunciation, US] Audio: en-us-impale.ogg [US] Forms: impales [present, singular, third-person], impaling [participle, present], impaled [participle, past], impaled [past]
Rhymes: -eɪl Etymology: From Middle French, from Medieval Latin impālāre, from Latin palus, whence also pale. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*peh₂ǵ-}}, {{bor|en|frm|-}} Middle French, {{der|en|ML.|impalare|impālāre}} Medieval Latin impālāre, {{der|en|la|palus}} Latin palus, {{m|en|pale#Noun_2}} pale Head templates: {{en-verb}} impale (third-person singular simple present impales, present participle impaling, simple past and past participle impaled)
  1. (transitive) To pierce (something) with any long, pointed object. Tags: transitive Synonyms (pierce something with any long, pointed object): fix, stake, stick, run through, transfix Translations (pierce something with any long, pointed object): пробождам (proboždam) (Bulgarian), пронизвам (pronizvam) (Bulgarian), пробода (proboda) (Bulgarian), пронижа (proniža) (Bulgarian), нанижа (naniža) (Bulgarian), нанизвам (nanizvam) (Bulgarian), spidde (Danish), doorboren (Dutch), keihästää (Finnish), seivästää (Finnish), empaler (French), aufspießen (German), καρφώνω (karfóno) (Greek), reka í gegn (Icelandic), набодува (naboduva) (Macedonian), kōhiku (Maori), протыка́ть (protykátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), проткну́ть (protknútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), пронза́ть (pronzátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), пронзи́ть (pronzítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), прока́лывать (prokályvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), проколо́ть (prokolótʹ) [perfective] (Russian), nabosti (Serbo-Croatian), probosti (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-impale-en-verb-EjCQsaVH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 41 36 10 Disambiguation of 'pierce something with any long, pointed object': 87 3 9 1 Disambiguation of 'pierce something with any long, pointed object': 87 3 9 1
  2. (transitive, heraldry) To place two coats of arms side by side on the same shield (often those of two spouses upon marriage). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Heraldry
    Sense id: en-impale-en-verb-u~OvYmMM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 41 36 10 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (put to death by piercing with a pale): набивам на кол (nabivam na kol) (Bulgarian), spidde (Danish), spietsen (Dutch), seivästää (Finnish), empaler (French), pfählen (German), erstechen (German), ανασκολοπίζω (anaskolopízo) (Greek), karóba húz (Hungarian), stjaksetja (Icelandic), stinga á tein (Icelandic), setja á nál (Icelandic), impalare (Italian), набива (nabiva) (Macedonian), набодува (naboduva) (Macedonian), wbijać na pal [imperfective] (Polish), wbić na pal [perfective] (Polish), nadziewać na pal [imperfective] (Polish), nadziać na pal [perfective] (Polish), nabijać na pal [imperfective] (Polish), nabić na pal [perfective] (Polish), empalar (Portuguese), сажа́ть на́ кол (sažátʹ ná kol) [imperfective] (Russian), посади́ть на́ кол (posadítʹ ná kol) [perfective] (Russian), nabiti na kolac (Serbo-Croatian), empalar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-impale-en-verb-0X1YqFec Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 41 36 10 Disambiguation of 'put to death by piercing with a pale': 4 7 87 2
  4. (transitive, intransitive) To enclose or fence with stakes. Tags: intransitive, transitive Synonyms (enclose or fence with stakes): pale, palisade, picket
    Sense id: en-impale-en-verb-OL9LP-2~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 41 36 10 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 20 26 21 33 Disambiguation of 'enclose or fence with stakes': 5 2 5 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: empale [obsolete], empierce [archaic], impale, pierce, prick, puncture, transpierce Hyponyms: bore, drill, skewer, spit, stab Derived forms: impaler, impalement Related terms: make a hole

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          "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
          "word": "stake"
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 9 1",
          "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
          "word": "stick"
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 9 1",
          "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
          "word": "run through"
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          "_dis1": "87 3 9 1",
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          "roman": "proboždam",
          "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
          "word": "doorboren"
        },
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          "_dis1": "87 3 9 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
          "word": "keihästää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 9 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
          "word": "seivästää"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
          "word": "aufspießen"
        },
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          "_dis1": "87 3 9 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "karfóno",
          "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
          "word": "καρφώνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 9 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
          "word": "reka í gegn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 9 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "naboduva",
          "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
          "word": "набодува"
        },
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
          "word": "kōhiku"
        },
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          "_dis1": "87 3 9 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "protykátʹ",
          "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "протыка́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 9 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "protknútʹ",
          "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "проткну́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 9 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pronzátʹ",
          "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "пронза́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 9 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pronzítʹ",
          "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "пронзи́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 9 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prokályvatʹ",
          "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "прока́лывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 9 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prokolótʹ",
          "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "проколо́ть"
        },
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          "_dis1": "87 3 9 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
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          "name": "Heraldry",
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        "To place two coats of arms side by side on the same shield (often those of two spouses upon marriage)."
      ],
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        ],
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      ],
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        "transitive"
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        "government",
        "heraldry",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
      ]
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake."
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "pale",
          "pale#Noun_2"
        ],
        [
          "death",
          "death"
        ],
        [
          "fixing",
          "fix#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "sharp",
          "sharp"
        ],
        [
          "stake",
          "stake#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake."
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "transitive"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 7 87 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nabivam na kol",
          "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
          "word": "набивам на кол"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 7 87 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
          "word": "spidde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 7 87 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
          "word": "spietsen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 7 87 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
          "word": "seivästää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 7 87 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
          "word": "empaler"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 7 87 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
          "word": "pfählen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 7 87 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
          "word": "erstechen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 7 87 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anaskolopízo",
          "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
          "word": "ανασκολοπίζω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 7 87 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
          "word": "karóba húz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 7 87 2",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
          "word": "stjaksetja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 7 87 2",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
          "word": "stinga á tein"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 7 87 2",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
          "word": "setja á nál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 7 87 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
          "word": "impalare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 7 87 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "nabiva",
          "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
          "word": "набива"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 7 87 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "naboduva",
          "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
          "word": "набодува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 7 87 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "wbijać na pal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 7 87 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "wbić na pal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 7 87 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "nadziewać na pal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 7 87 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "nadziać na pal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 7 87 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "nabijać na pal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 7 87 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "nabić na pal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 7 87 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
          "word": "empalar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 7 87 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sažátʹ ná kol",
          "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "сажа́ть на́ кол"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 7 87 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "posadítʹ ná kol",
          "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "посади́ть на́ кол"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 7 87 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
          "word": "nabiti na kolac"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 7 87 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nabivam na kol",
      "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
      "word": "набивам на кол"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
      "word": "spidde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
      "word": "spietsen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
      "word": "seivästää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
      "word": "empaler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
      "word": "pfählen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
      "word": "erstechen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anaskolopízo",
      "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
      "word": "ανασκολοπίζω"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
      "word": "karóba húz"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
      "word": "stjaksetja"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
      "word": "stinga á tein"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
      "word": "setja á nál"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
      "word": "impalare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nabiva",
      "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
      "word": "набива"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "naboduva",
      "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
      "word": "набодува"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wbijać na pal"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wbić na pal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
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      "word": "nadziewać na pal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nadziać na pal"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
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      "word": "nabijać na pal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
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      "word": "nabić na pal"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
      "word": "empalar"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sažátʹ ná kol",
      "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "сажа́ть на́ кол"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "posadítʹ ná kol",
      "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "посади́ть на́ кол"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
      "word": "nabiti na kolac"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "put to death by piercing with a pale",
      "word": "empalar"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "proboždam",
      "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
      "word": "пробождам"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pronizvam",
      "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
      "word": "пронизвам"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "proboda",
      "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
      "word": "пробода"
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      "roman": "proniža",
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      "roman": "naniža",
      "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
      "word": "spidde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
      "word": "doorboren"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
      "word": "keihästää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
      "word": "seivästää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
      "word": "empaler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
      "word": "aufspießen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "karfóno",
      "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
      "word": "καρφώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
      "word": "reka í gegn"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "naboduva",
      "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
      "word": "набодува"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
      "word": "kōhiku"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "protykátʹ",
      "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "протыка́ть"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "protknútʹ",
      "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "проткну́ть"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pronzátʹ",
      "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "пронза́ть"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "pronzítʹ",
      "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
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      "word": "пронзи́ть"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prokályvatʹ",
      "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "прока́лывать"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "prokolótʹ",
      "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "проколо́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
      "word": "nabosti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "pierce something with any long, pointed object",
      "word": "probosti"
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}

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