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Pierce

(p/i//@/s )

cut or make a way through(verb.contact)

Example:
The path pierced the jungle.
Light pierced through the forest.

source: wordnet30
move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply(verb.emotion)

Example:
The cold pierced her bones.
Her words pierced the students.

source: wordnet30
sound sharply or shrilly(verb.perception)

Example:
The scream pierced the night.

source: wordnet30
penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument(verb.contact)

Synonym:
thrust

source: wordnet30
make a hole into(verb.contact)

Example:
The needle pierced her flesh.

source: wordnet30
To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument.(verb)

source: webster1913
To enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or through something, as a pointed instrument does; -- used literally and figuratively.(verb)

source: webster1913

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