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spearing

verb , present participle of spear

Synonyms and Antonyms of spearing

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object

she speared a pea with her fork and angrily flung it

Synonyms of spearing

goring, harpooning, impaling, jabbing, lancing, pecking, picking, piercing, pinking, puncturing, running through, skewering, spiking, spitting, stabbing, sticking, transfixing, transpiercing

Words Related to spearing

perforating, riddling

bayoneting (also bayonetting), dirking, gimleting, piking, poniarding, pronging, quilling

pinpricking, poking, pricking, punching, thrusting

cutting, knifing, slicing

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