pierce
Make a hole
To pierce is to penetrate or make a hole through something, typically with a sharp instrument: The arrow pierced his armor.
Ears and other body parts are pierced to accommodate jewelry.
Figuratively, a scream can pierce the silence, cold can pierce to the bone, or a gaze can pierce through pretense.
Something piercing is sharp and penetrating—a piercing wind, a piercing cry, piercing eyes. (Capitalized Pierce is a surname or given name.)
Hole from penetration
- stabPierce with point
- impalePierce and hold fast
- pokeSharp, quick thrust
- boreTiresome individual or drill
drill · lance · skewer · transfix · gore · prick · spike · jab
Pointed implement for sewing
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- knifeSharp cutting utensil
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- lancetSmall surgical knife
spike · point · dagger · spear · awl · stiletto · thorn · barb
High-pitched and harsh
whistle · keen · strident · ear-splitting · high-pitched · cry · squeal · howl
Sharp wound from insect
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
- stabbingWounding with a blade
- shootingDischarging a weapon
pang · twinge · smarting · searing · throbbing · wincing · burning · excruciating
Passing into or through
- discerningHaving keen judgment
- keenSharp or enthusiastic
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- perceptiveQuick to understand
incisive · probing · searching · acute · shrewd · astute · penetrative · cutting
Harshly critical or cold
- bitterSharp, unpleasant taste
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- rawIn original state
penetrating · brisk · frigid · icy · chilling · numbing · harsh · keen
puncture
Hole from penetration
bore · drill · lance · skewer · transfix · gore · prick · spike · jab · thrust
needle
Pointed implement for sewing
lancet · spike · point · dagger · spear · awl · stiletto · thorn · barb · rapier
shrill
High-pitched and harsh
screech · whistle · keen · strident · ear-splitting · high-pitched · cry · squeal · howl · blast
sting
Sharp wound from insect
shooting · pang · twinge · smarting · searing · throbbing · wincing · burning · excruciating · lancing
penetrating
Passing into or through
- discerningHaving keen judgment
- keenSharp or enthusiastic
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
perceptive · incisive · probing · searching · acute · shrewd · astute · penetrative · cutting · knowing
biting
Harshly critical or cold
raw · penetrating · brisk · frigid · icy · chilling · numbing · harsh · keen · wintry
earring
Lobe-worn adornment
labret · tragus · cartilage · navel · septum · helix · rook · gauges · plugs · lobe
breach
Breaking of agreement
- violateBreak a rule deliberately
- infiltrateEnter secretly to observe
- invadeEnter by force
- piercingpuncture, puncturing, stab, perforation, impale
- combat actionsstab, slash, parry, block, thrust
- forceful movementspush, shove, thrust, propel, ram
- sharp painsstab, stabbing, stabbing pain, jab, prick
- breakthrough wordsbreach, burst, emerge, pioneer, forge ahead
- cutting throughslice, chop, carve, sever, cleave
piercegraze
Feed on growing plants
scratch · skim · glance off · brush · scrape
- pierced ears
- septum piercingOrnament through nasal divider
- piercing toneHarsh, penetrating sound
- body piercingPuncturing flesh for adornment
- nose piercing
- piercing stare
piercing, pierced, pierces, piercingly, piercings, piercer, unpierced, piercers, pierceable