Synonyms of gore

gore

verb

as in to stab

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object

running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, may sound like fun, but the bulls have been known to gore runners who get too close

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stab
• puncture
• pierce
• jab
• stick
• pick
• spit
• pink
• spear
• lance
• peck
• spike
• impale
• punch
• poke
• skewer
• transfix
• run through
• harpoon
• slice
• transpierce
• knife
• pike
• perforate
• spindle
• thrust
• cut
• bayonet
• riddle
• prick
• poniard
• pinprick
• quill
• dirk
• prong
• gimlet

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gore

Having survived elephant, buffalo and three leopard attacks in his life, along with bouts of tick bite fever, Charles died in 1940, at the age of 66, gored to death by an injured rhino. — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026

According to reports, the roughly 2,900-pound rhino burst from cover and fatally gored him before retreating back into the reserve. — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2026

Ricardo Ortiz was handling the bulls in their enclosures at La Malagueta, a historic bullring in Málaga, when one of the animals gored him, according to Lances de Futuro, the company organizing the bullfight. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026

By the end of the story, characters have been shot, pierced by arrows, gored by a deer, and nearly burned to death in a barn fire. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 14 Mar. 2026