punch through
Force an opening
Punch through means to break or penetrate a barrier by force.
A drill punches through a wall; troops punch through enemy lines.
In electronics, punch-through is when current breaks through a semiconductor barrier it shouldn't cross.
Figuratively, to punch through is to overcome resistance or finally make progress: After months of stalled negotiations, we finally punched through.
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- pierceMake hole through
- penetrateEnter or pass through
- ruptureViolent tearing apart
- burstBreak apart suddenly
force · brute force · barrier · wall · armor · impact · hit hard · shatter · break · drill · thrust · power · momentum · force of will · explosive · smash · crack · hole
penetration success
punch throughbounce off
Reflect upon striking
glance off · deflect · ricochet · slide off · graze
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