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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lance |
| Synonyms: | bayonet, bill, gar, halberd, javelin, lancet, partisan, partizan, pike, weapon |
| Main Entry: | gore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pierce |
| Synonyms: | gouge, impale, lance, perforate, puncture, spear, stab, stick, wound |
| Main Entry: | impale |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stab |
| Synonyms: | lance, perforate, pierce, prick, punch, puncture, run through, skewer, skiver, spear, spike, stick, transfix |
Example Sentences
- The belief that there are no small parts, only small actors, is the backbone of a spear carrier's life.
- The spear had penetrated ten inches, rupturing her sinuses, which prevented her from using her trunk to drink.
- Hard to believe a hand held spear will create shock waves.
| Main Entry: | penetrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pierce; get through physically |
| Synonyms: | access, barge in, bayonet, blow in, bore, break in, breeze in, bust in, charge, come, crack, diffuse, drill, drive, eat through, encroach, enter, filter in, force, get in, go through, gore, impale, infiltrate, ingress, insert, insinuate, introduce, invade, jab, knife, make a hole, make an entrance, pass through, percolate, perforate, permeate, pervade, pop in, prick, probe, puncture, ream, run into, saturate, seep, sink into, spear, stab, stick into, suffuse, thrust, trespass |
| Notes: | the difference between permeate and pervade is that the former is affecting a surface, the latter an area; a characteristic of penetrate is that it is effected upon a solid substance |
| Antonyms: | exit, take out, withdraw |
| 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: | stab |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | puncture, pierce with sharp, pointed object |
| Synonyms: | bayonet, brand, carve, chop, cleave, clip, cut, drive, gore, hit, hurt, injure, jab, jag, knife, open up, penetrate, pierce, plow, plunge, prick, prong, punch, ram, run through, saber, shank, sink, slice, spear, stick, thrust, transfix, wound |
| Main Entry: | stick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | poke with pointed object |
| Synonyms: | dig, drive, gore, impale, insert, jab, penetrate, pierce, pin, plunge, prod, puncture, ram, run, sink, spear, stab, thrust, 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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