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Pierced

adjective

Having a hole cut through. Synonyms: perforate, perforated, punctured. "A perforated eardrum" , "A punctured balloon"

Pierce

verb

(past & past part. pierced; pres. part. piercing)

Cut or make a way through. "The path pierced the jungle" , "Light pierced through the forest"

Move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply. "Her words pierced the students"

Sound sharply or shrilly.

Penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument. Synonym: thrust.

Make a hole into.

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"Pierced" Quotes from Famous Books

... the brown line of his neck, and the angry crinkled spots looked the more vivid against it. From above I could see that there was a corresponding pucker in the back at one place, but not at the other. Inexperienced as I was, I could tell what that meant. Two bullets had pierced his chest; one had passed through it, and ...

— The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales • Arthur Conan Doyle

... at him, his face showing strangely white in the dim starlight, pierced by the fire on ...

— The Coyote - A Western Story • James Roberts

... front and sides of the Cathedral. The whole roof came down and the fire died out only for want of fuel. The following morning the ground in the interior was covered with ruins, and through the holes in the vault of the nave one could see the blue sky. The beautiful Organ built by Silbermann was pierced by a shell and the magnificent painted windows were in great part spoiled. Fortunately the celebrated astronomical Clock ...

— Historical Sketch of the Cathedral of Strasburg • Anonymous

... bleeding feet, Where many feet have flown and bled before; And he who seeks to guide you to the goal Has (let me say it, father) stopped far short, And taken refuge at a wayside inn, Whose haunted halls and mazy passages Receive no light, save through the riddled roof, Pierced thick by pilgrim staves, that Faith may lie Upon its back, and only gaze on Heaven. I would not banish evil if I could; Nor would I be so deep in love with joy As to seek for it in ...

— Bitter-Sweet • J. G. Holland

... pierced by two entrances. One led from a diminutive sleeping-cabin and bathroom, the other from the fore-cabin, which the Captain had just quitted, and which in turn communicated with a lobby where a marine ...

— A Tall Ship - On Other Naval Occasions • Sir Lewis Anselm da Costa Ritchie

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