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The correct answer is pierce.

Impale

A. drive forward
B. suspend over
C. hold under water
D. pierce

The correct answer is (D) To pierce; to transfix (body, etc.) upon; to fix (a body) by piercing through with a pointed object.

Impale comes from French empaler (to fix on a stake), Latin palare.

Examples of use:

  • As he stepped down, he impaled his foot on a rusty spike.
  • He fastened each dead butterfly to a display board by impaling it with a pin.


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