harpooned
Struck with barbed javelin
Harpooned is the past tense of harpoon—to strike with a barbed spear designed for hunting large sea creatures.
Whalers harpooned their prey from small boats.
The word extends to any forceful piercing or capture: The journalist harpooned the politician with a devastating question.
We harpooned some great deals at the sale.
Pierced with pointed shaft
- impaledPierced through forcibly
- skeweredPierced by pointed rod
- transfixedHeld immobile by amazement
- puncturedPenetrated by sharp object
gored · lanced · stuck · penetrated · stabbed · perforated · pinned · run-through
Cetacean hunting vessel
- Moby-DickEpic whaling novel
- blubberMarine mammal fat
- flensingRemoving whale fat
- spermacetiWhale-derived waxy substance
Nantucket · scrimshaw · ambergris · whalebone · cetacean · leviathan · Ahab · Pequod
Pole with sharp point
- tridentThree-pronged fishing spear
- lanceLong thrusting weapon
- javelinThrowing spear for sport
- projectileLaunched airborne object
barb · shaft · fluke · tethered · line · rope · winch · gaff
speared
Pierced with pointed shaft
- impaledPierced through forcibly
- skeweredPierced by pointed rod
- transfixedHeld immobile by amazement
punctured · gored · lanced · stuck · penetrated · stabbed · perforated · pinned · run-through · bayoneted
whaler
Cetacean hunting vessel
spermaceti · Nantucket · scrimshaw · ambergris · whalebone · cetacean · leviathan · Ahab · Pequod · maritime
spear
Pole with sharp point
projectile · barb · shaft · fluke · tethered · line · rope · winch · gaff · gig
prey
Animal being hunted
struck · caught · landed · hooked · snagged · captured · chase · hunt · stalk · ambush
attacked
Acted aggressively against
- targetedChosen for specific attention
- criticizedExpressed disapproval of
- skeweredPierced by pointed rod
zinged · nailed · pinned · exposed · lambasted · roasted · grilled · savaged · eviscerated · demolished
- harpoon gunDevice shooting barbed projectiles
- harpoon line
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