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pierce
transitive verb pierced, piercing
- to pass into or through as a pointed instrument does; penetrate; stab
- to affect sharply the senses or feelings of
- to make a hole in or through; perforate; bore
- to make (a hole), as by boring or stabbing
- to force a way into or through; break through
- to sound sharply through: a shriek pierced the air
- to penetrate with the sight or mind: to pierce a mystery
intransitive verb
to penetrate (to, into, or through something)
Related Forms:
- piercer noun
- piercingly adverb
Pierce,
Franklin 1804-69; 14th president of the U.S. (1853-57)
See pierce in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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