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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"
Synonyms:
thrustpierceverb
move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply
"The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students"
Synonyms:
thrustpierceverb
sound sharply or shrilly
"The scream pierced the night"
Synonyms:
thrustpierce, thrustverb
penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
Synonyms:
thrust, squeeze, hurl, lunge, throw, stuff, push up, shove, hurtle, forcepierceverb
make a hole into
"The needle pierced her flesh"
Synonyms:
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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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?
Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body.
Fortunately, the rod did not pierce any major blood vessels in the brain.
What is a television apparatus to man, who has only to shut his eyes to see the most inaccessible regions of the seen and the never seen, who has only to imagine in order to pierce through walls and cause all the planetary Baghdad's of his dreams to rise from the dust.
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.
When I attempted to hand out copies of the Constitution that day, my only intention was to get students thinking about our founding principles and to inspire discussion of liberty and free speech, i had no idea I would be called upon to defend those very ideals against Pierce’s unconstitutional campus policies.
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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