Definitions
Make a hole through something with a sharp point.
Word origin
From Middle English perce, from conjugated forms of Old French percier such as (jeo) pierce (“I pierce”), probably from Vulgar Latin *pertūsiō, from Latin pertūsus, past participle of pertundō (“thrust or bore through”), from per- (“through”) + tundō (“beat, pound”). Displaced native Old English þȳrlian (literally “to hole”).
Used in a sentence
“The diver pierced the surface of the water with scarcely a splash.”
“to pierce the enemy's line; a shot pierced the ship”
“I pierce her open back, or tender side”
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01“Puncture”6 letters
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