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Synonyms for pierce
pɪərspierce
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Pierce, Franklin Pierce, President Pierceverb
14th President of the United States (1804-1869)
pierceverb
cut or make a way through
"the knife cut through the flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest"
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thrustpierceverb
move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply
"The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students"
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thrustpierceverb
sound sharply or shrilly
"The scream pierced the night"
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thrustpierce, thrustverb
penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
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thrust, squeeze, hurl, lunge, throw, stuff, push up, shove, hurtle, forcepierceverb
make a hole into
"The needle pierced her flesh"
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thrust
Editors Contribution
penetrate
a stick into
the addict will sometimes penetrate his arm with a syringe to inject drugs directly into his blood stream.
Submitted by rinat on June 1, 2017
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List of paraphrases for "pierce":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#657 | enter | |
#992 | stuff | |
#1022 | force | |
#1142 | move | |
#2192 | touch | |
#3140 | affect | |
#4404 | throw | |
#7143 | drill | |
#8975 | pierce | |
#8995 | drilling | |
#11904 | bore | |
#12572 | thrust | |
#12803 | excite | |
#13787 | squeeze | |
#19556 | pearce | |
#19711 | stab | |
#20422 | penetrate | |
#28948 | shove | |
#29678 | rouse | |
#44792 | perforation | |
#49901 | hurl | |
#65044 | pires | |
#67307 | lunge | |
#155372 | hurtle | |
#161955 | perforate |
How to use pierce in a sentence?
Harsh reproof is like a violent storm, soon washed down the channel; but friendly admonitions, like a small shower, pierce deep, and bring forth better reformation.
I worry about the long-term effects of a video like this, teeth are the only part of the ectoderm that does not replenish or heal itself— once it’s gone, it’s gone. You can color your hair, you can pierce your skin, damage your nail, shave an eyebrow— all of that comes back.
Finding planets at this stage in their life is extremely hard and essentially boils down to finding enough evidence to show that only a planet could cause what we see, this is because the planets are still surrounded by gas and dust which is flowing on to them to form their atmospheres and trying to pierce through this surrounding material is nigh on impossible.
Fortunately, the rod did not pierce any major blood vessels in the brain.
Historically a lot of these border security measures have used public health as a pretext for discrimination. It's very easy to see how a public health rationale would be used to limit immigration for whatever reason, and I'm not saying that that's actually occurring, but it well could in this particular political climate, not just in the Sarah Pierce, but internationally.
Translations for pierce
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- تخترقArabic
- foradarCatalan, Valencian
- durchstechen, piercenGerman
- τρυπώ, τορέω, διαπερνώ, διεισδύωGreek
- perforarSpanish
- puhkaista, lävistääFinnish
- percerFrench
- poll, tollIrish
- forare, squarciare, pungere, bucare, perforareItalian
- לְנַקֵבHebrew
- 刺すJapanese
- lumen terebramus acutoLatin
- punktere, trenge gjennom, perforere, ta hullNorwegian
- perfurar, furarPortuguese
- străpungeRomanian
- протыкать, проткнуть, прокалывать, проколоть, прерывать, пронзить, пронзатьRussian
- probušitiSerbo-Croatian
- göra hål på, hål, pierca, punktera, brytaSwedish
- deldirmekTurkish
- דורכשטעכןYiddish
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