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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | poke hole in |
| Synonyms: | bore, cut, cut through, deflate, drill, go down, go flat, knife, lacerate, lance, nick, open, penetrate, perforate, pierce, prick, punch, riddle, rupture |
| Antonyms: | close, sew |
| Main Entry: | spike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pierce |
| Synonyms: | fasten, impale, lance, make fast, nail, pin, prick, skewer, spear, spit, stick, transfix |
| Main Entry: | tap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pierce to drain |
| Synonyms: | bleed, bore, broach, draft, drain, draw, draw forth, draw off, draw out, drill, empty, lance, milk, mine, open, penetrate, perforate, pump, riddle, siphon, spear, spike, stab, unplug, unstopper, use, utilize |
| Main Entry: | transfix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pierce |
| Synonyms: | fix, impale, lance, nail down, penetrate, pin down, puncture, run through, skewer, skiver, spear, spike, spit, stick, transpierce |
| Main Entry: | weapon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arm, armament |
| Synonyms: | ammunition, anlace, arbalest, archery, arrow, assegai, atlatl, ax, axe, backsword, ballista, banderilla, barong, bat, baton, battle-ax, bayonet, bazooka, billy club, blackjack, blade, blowgun, bludgeon, bomb, boomerang, bow and arrow, bowie knife, brass knuckles, cannon, catapult, cleaver, club, crossbow, cudgel, cutlass, dagger, dart, dirk, firearm, flamethrower, gun, harpoon, hatchet, howitzer, hunting knife, knife, lance, machete, machine gun, missile, musket, nerve gas, nuclear bomb, nunchaku, pistol, revolver, rifle, saber, scythe, shotgun, slingshot, spear, spike, stiletto, switchblade, sword, tear gas |
| Main Entry: | shaft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weapon |
| Synonyms: | arrow, lance, missile, spear |
| Main Entry: | spindle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shaft |
| Synonyms: | arbor, axis, axle, lance, pivot, pole, rod, stem |
| Main Entry: | javelin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spear |
| Synonyms: | dart, harpoon, lance, weapon |
| Main Entry: | spear |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weapon |
| Synonyms: | bayonet, blade, bolt, bore, dart, harpoon, javelin, lance, skewer, spike, spire, trident |
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