Pierce

Verb

 * 1)  to puncture; to break through
 * The diver pierced the surface of the water with scarcely a splash.
 * 1)  to create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry
 * Can you believe he pierced his tongue?
 * 1)  to break or interrupt abruptly
 * A scream pierced the darkness.

Derived terms

 * piercing

Descendants

 * Japanese: ピアス

Adverbs for Pierce
effectually; fatally; mortally; accurately; deeply; ruthlessly; ferociously.

Thesaurus
abrade, affect, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, anguish, auger, barb the dart, bark, bayonet, benumb, bite, blemish, bloody, bore, break, broach, bruise, burn, chafe, check, chill, chip, claw, come alive, come home to, comprehend, convulse, countersink, crack, craze, crucify, cut, cut up, dagger, descry, dirk, discern, discover, distress, drill, empierce, excruciate, fathom, fester, fix, fracture, fray, frazzle, freeze, fret, frost, frostbite, gain entree, gall, gash, get into, get through, give pain, gnaw, go deep, go through, go through one, gore, gouge, gouge out, grasp, grate, grieve, grind, gripe, harrow, hole, honeycomb, hurt, hurt the feelings, impale, incise, inflame, inflict pain, injure, interpenetrate, irritate, kill by inches, knife, lacerate, lance, maim, make an entrance, make mincemeat of, make out, make way into, martyr, martyrize, maul, melt, melt the heart, move, mutilate, needle, nip, numb, pain, pass through, penetrate, perceive, perforate, pinch, pink, plumb, plunge in, poke into, poniard, prick, prolong the agony, punch, puncture, put to torture, rack, rankle, rasp, realize, ream, ream out, refrigerate, rend, riddle, rip, rouse, rub, run, run into, run through, rupture, saber, savage, scald, scorch, scotch, scrape, scratch, scuff, see, see daylight, see into, see the light, see through, skewer, skin, slash, slice, slit, smart, soften, spear, spike, spit, sprain, stab, stick, stiletto, sting, stir, strain, strike, sword, tap, tear, torment, torture, touch, touch a chord, transfix, transpierce, traumatize, trepan, trephine, tweak, twist, twist the knife, understand, wound, wrench, wring

Etymology
percier:, probably from *undefined:, from  pertusus:, past participle of pertundere:, from per-: + tundere:.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 刺穿, 穿
 * Croatian: probušiti
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: durchstechen
 * Greek:, διαπερνώ,  διεισδύω
 * Irish: ,
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 刺す
 * Norwegian: punktere, trenge gjennom,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: протыкать, проткнуть , прокалывать , проколоть , пронзать , пронзить
 * Santali:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: punktera, bryta genom


 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:


 * Norwegian: ta hull
 * Russian: прокалывать, проколоть , протыкать , проткнуть
 * Swedish: ta hål, pierca


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek: διαπερνώ


 * Italian:
 * Russian:


 * : nyirrindan (Jalnguy)


 * : 뚫다 (ttulhda)

Anagrams

 * recipe