Stops
Thrusts
Both words in one sentence
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When Asahel refuses to break off the chase, Abner stops and thrusts out the end of his spear (the blunt end, at that) for the guy to impale himself on, and his momentum sends him into it hard enough to for the shaft to pierce all the way through his torso. Ouch.
Source: Inertial Impalement
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