Synonyms for pierce
pɪərspierce

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1. pierce

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

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

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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, shove, hurtle, force

6. pierceverb

   make a hole into

   "The needle pierced her flesh"

   Synonyms:
   thrust

Matched Categories

1. • Affect
   • Penetrate
   • Sound

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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  

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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

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1. pierceverb

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "pierce":

   pearce, drilling, pires, perforation

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1. David Urban:

   The attorney-client privilege is sacrosanct here. There is the crime fraud exception -- the only time you get to pierce that attorney-client privilege is if there is a crime committed, this is a pretty high bar stuff and we will have to see, but it is an extraordinary step to be taken, for sure.

2. Michael Burton:

   It’s a missing part of the jigsaw puzzle, which is the structure of our local universe, they have managed to pierce through it and complete the picture of what our part of the universe looks like.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Duchess of Cornwall:

   And they are not going to be! no, I’m not going to give it to myself for a 75th birthday present. [The grandchildren] will try to persuade me, but nothing’s going to pierce my ears.