1
as in penetrates
to go or come in or into
thoughts of revenge relentlessly pierced her mind
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2
as in drills
to make a hole or series of holes in
pierced his ears with a needle
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3
as in stabs
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
the saber pierced his chest, releasing a spurt of blood
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Recent Examples of pierces
Nothing that pierces the skin should ever be used as leverage over a child's opportunity to education and to learn.
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CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
Nicole Kidman's stare pierces the room.
—Jennifer Brett, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Nov. 2025
But the show's greatest asset is its stars, whose endearing real-life friendship pierces through the play’s inherent despair.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
When a leg pierces the surface, capillary forces cause the fan to spread open within milliseconds, creating a broad paddle.
—John Drake, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
And who the f--- pierces a 12 year old?
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
Nicole Kidman's stare pierces the room.
—Jennifer Brett, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Nov. 2025
But the show's greatest asset is its stars, whose endearing real-life friendship pierces through the play’s inherent despair.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
When a leg pierces the surface, capillary forces cause the fan to spread open within milliseconds, creating a broad paddle.
—John Drake, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
And who the f--- pierces a 12 year old?
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pierces
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The process is arduous, spanning days or weeks of boiling and soaking in syrup, but when sugar properly penetrates fruit’s cellular structure, not only does the appearance become almost incandescent, but the microbes that cause spoilage can’t survive.—
Hannah Walhout,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
3 Feb. 2026
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The aerator penetrates and removes a cigar size piece of soil and distributes it on the soil surface.—
Calvin Finch,
San Antonio Express-News,
30 Jan. 2026
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Everette, who with punter Brett Thorson and long snapper Beau Gardner are the former Bulldogs competing in Senior Bowl drills this week, is adjusting to life after Georgia football.—
Mike Griffith,
AJC.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Every college and pro coach drills the same message into their players’ heads, nothing good happens after midnight.—
Ryan Gaydos , Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
16 Nov. 2025
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Bautista stabs and shoots his assailants in an operatic eruption of violence that is done in a single, extended shot.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2026
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Milo tries to be a hero, trying to use pepper spray on Morgan, but Morgan stabs and kills him.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
21 Jan. 2026
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Jackson, a quarterback for the college, graduates from North Carolina A&T and enters Chicago Theological Seminary, but leaves school before acquiring a degree.—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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The war enters its fifth year this month, and Kyiv is in a stronger position than at the start of 2025, a Carnegie Endowment expert argued in Foreign Affairs.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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But for a city of under 60,000 year-round residents, this place punches well above its weight class.—
Brad Japhe,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Feb. 2026
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Kingsley Ibeh, right, punches Jarrell Miller during a heavyweight boxing match in New York City on Saturday.—
Isabel Yip,
NBC news,
1 Feb. 2026
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But Anderson punctures his weed haze with the bright light of a past that in actuality never dimmed, when Lockjaw begins to hunt Pat and Willa.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
24 Nov. 2025
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Recounting his visit with Shelton’s body after she’d been taken off of life support in From Bleak to Dark, Maron punctures the somber scene with a joke about taking a selfie.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Aug. 2025
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In response, Chief Ryan Kinnan said there is an ongoing audit of who accesses the information.—
Ashley Sharp,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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Memory safety issues occur when software accesses or manipulates memory in an unintended way.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 Jan. 2026
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Pierce holes in the cake so that the Bourbon Glaze can soak in.—
Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
16 Feb. 2026
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But Snead also promised to take an aggressive approach to the cornerback position, given the low investments, lack of recent draft picks and holes the group showed as the season played out.—
Nate Atkins,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Pierces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pierces. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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