pierce has definitions from the field of politics
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[ verb ] cut or make a way through

Examples

"the knife cut through the flesh" "The path pierced the jungle" "Light pierced through the forest"

Used in print

(Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)

Ever since he had first begun to study music and to teach it , Rousseau had dreamed of piercing through to fame as the result of a successful opera .

Related terms

penetrate pick break

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[ verb ] move or affect (a person's emotions, bodily feelings, etc.) deeply or sharply

Examples

"The cold pierced her bones" "Her words pierced the students"

Related terms

affect

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[ verb ] make a hole into

Examples

"The needle pierced her flesh"

4
[ verb ] penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

Synonyms

thrust

5
[ verb ] sound sharply or shrilly

Examples

"The scream pierced the night"

Related terms

sound

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 167
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[ noun ] (politics) 14th President of the United States (1804-1869)
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