Impale

v. t.	1.	To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale. [imp. & p. p. Impaled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Impaling.] Then with what life remains, impaled, and left To writhe at leisure round the bloody stake. - Addison.
	2.	To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround. Impale him with your weapons round about. - Shak. Impenetrable, impaled with circling fire. - Milton.
	3.	(Her.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention. Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to be matched and impaled with the blessed Virgin in the honor thereof. - Fuller.

Verb	1.	impale - pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer" Synonyms: empale, spike, transfix
	2.	impale - kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies were impaled and left to die" Synonyms: stake

To dream that you are being impaled, suggests a forceful, violent or passionate release of your repressed emotions. You have been symbolically set free from the physical limitations of your own psyche. You are more aggressive and direct about you're pent up emotions. Consider which part of the body is being impaled and what that part of the body symbolizes.agonize, auger, bayonet, bite, bloody, bore, broach, claw, convulse, countersink, crucify, dagger, dirk, dismember, draw and quarter, drill, empierce, excruciate, fix, gore, gouge, gouge out, grill, harrow, hole, honeycomb, keelhaul, kill by inches, knife, lacerate, lance, lancinate, macerate, martyr, martyrize, needle, penetrate, perforate, picket, pierce, pink, plunge in, poniard, prick, punch, puncture, punish, rack, ream, ream out, riddle, rip, run through, saber, savage, scarify, skewer, spear, spike, spit, stab, stick, stiletto, sword, tap, tar and feather, torment, torture, transfix, transpierce, trepan, trephine, wring

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