skewer
[verb]
Synonyms: impale, lance, skiver, spear, spike, spit, transfix, transpierce

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I. skew‧er¹ /ˈskjuːə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: Perhaps from skiver 'skewer' (15-19 centuries)]
a long metal or wooden stick that is put through pieces of meat to hold them together while they are cooked

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II. skewer² verb [transitive]

1. to make a hole through a piece of food, an object etc with a skewer or with some other pointed object

2. to criticize someone very strongly, often in a way that other people find humorous:
Du Bois skewered Washington’s policies in his book, ‘The Souls of Black Folks’.

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