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pɪərspierce

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.7 / 3 votes

  1. pierce

    Synonyms:
    perforate, bore, drill, penetrate, excite, affect, rouse, touch, move, enter, stab, transfix

    Antonyms:
    deaden, quiet, blunt, scott, allay, lull, compose

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. Pierce, Franklin Pierce, President Pierceverb

    14th President of the United States (1804-1869)

  2. pierceverb

    cut or make a way through

    "the knife cut through the flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest"

    Synonyms:
    thrust

  3. pierceverb

    move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply

    "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students"

    Synonyms:
    thrust

  4. pierceverb

    sound sharply or shrilly

    "The scream pierced the night"

    Synonyms:
    thrust

  5. pierce, thrustverb

    penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

    Synonyms:
    thrust, squeeze, hurl, lunge, throw, stuff, push up, pierce, shove, hurtle, force

  6. pierceverb

    make a hole into

    "The needle pierced her flesh"

    Synonyms:
    thrust

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Editors Contribution5.0 / 1 vote

  1. 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  

Dictionary of English Synonymes1.0 / 2 votes

  1. pierceverb

    Synonyms:
    transfix, penetrate, perforate, drill, bore, enter, force a way into

  2. pierceverb

    Synonyms:
    affect, move, touch, strike, thrill

  3. pierceverb

    Synonyms:
    penetrate, enter, thrill, force a way

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. pierceverb

    Synonyms:
    transfix, stab, impale, gore, penetrate, bore, perforate, drill

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "pierce":

    pearce, drilling, pires, perforation

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How to use Pierce in a sentence?

  1. Bob Dylan:

    If the point is sharp, and the arrow is swift, it can pierce through the dust no matter how thick.

  2. Sarah Pierce:

    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.

  3. Christine Pride:

    Bana's experiences and message transcend the headlines and pierce through the political noise and debates to remind us of the human cost of war and displacement.

  4. Robin Green:

    I am...blood. That primordial ooze. Not out there, listeners, in here. Inside this skin we wear, it only lets us think we're something else-- nice clean brains, little talking computers running around in the pursuit of happiness. We pierce this skin and what do we see Warm ooze, protoplasm churning and jesting, defecating, pulsating, life, death.

  5. Steve Pennaz:

    There was just no way with Pierce Pennaz having Down syndromethat Pierce Pennaz would pass the test, even if Pierce Pennaz could pass the test, Ididnt want Pierce Pennaz to be able to hunt legally without direct supervision.


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