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Synonyms for pierce

28 synonyms
1 meaning

verb
noun

Most common

stab penetrate impale perforate stog

All synonyms

Verb

1. Impale

impale, penetrate, perforate, stab, thrust, stick, puncture, prick, bore, drill, enter, punch, move, strike, touch, rouse, affect, run, gore, fathom, transfix, lancinate

Other

Noun

lance, cut, run-through, brooch, launch dated

Definitions

v. 1
To puncture; to break through.
to pierce the enemy's line
n. 1
A piercing.

Related words

Word family: piercer piercing

Forms

Plural: pierces → lances, cuts, run-throughs, brooches…
Past participle: pierced
e.g. pierced → impaled, penetrated, perforated, stabbed…

Example sentences

stab Bruno approached Rima to stab her with his knife.
penetrate Sami tried to penetrate Layla but she didn't let him.
impale Edmundo prepared to impale the vampire with a stake.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
pierce		rising
stab		rising
penetrate		steady
impale		rising
perforate		falling
stog		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: run¹, cut¹
4 letters: move¹, bore¹, stab¹, gore¹, stog
5 letters: touch¹, stick¹, enter², punch¹, drill¹, lance¹, prick¹, rouse¹
6 letters: strike¹, launch¹, affect², thrust¹, fathom², brooch¹, impale²
8 letters: puncture², transfix²
9 letters: penetrate³, perforate³, lancinate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (enter² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: percer
Italiano: trapanare
Deutsch: Lochen