Synonyms of drilled

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verb (1)

past tense of drill

1

as in pierced

to make a hole or series of holes in

the nerve-jangling sound when a dentist drills a tooth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pierced
• punched
• holed
• poked
• punctured
• tapped
• perforated
• bored
• riddled
• penetrated
• cut
• excavated
• broached
• pricked
• broke
• grooved
• split
• gouged
• hollowed
• slashed
• slit
• notched
• prickled
• ruptured
• burrowed (into)
• gashed
• rent
• rended

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• filled
• sealed
• plugged
• patched

2

as in popped

to strike with a missile from a gun

drilled the target from 100 yards away

Synonyms & Similar Words

• popped
• plugged
• shot
• gunned
• destroyed
• killed
• dropped
• slaughtered
• butchered
• peppered
• brought down
• blazed
• picked off
• massacred
• dispatched
• fired (at)
• blew away
• shot down
• sniped (at)
• blasted (at)
• shotgunned
• felled
• decimated
• wiped out
• annihilated
• pistolled
• iced
• pistoled
• slew
• machine-gunned
• blotted out
• potshot
• croaked
• did in
• tommy-gunned

drilled

2 of 2

verb (2)

past tense of drill

as in planted

to put or set into the ground to grow

he drills soybeans in the same rows with corn

Synonyms & Similar Words

• planted
• seeded
• put in
• sowed
• bedded
• replanted
• transplanted
• broadcasted
• scattered
• potted
• broadcast
• reseeded
• overseeded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gathered
• harvested
• reaped