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What does pierce mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) to puncture; to break through
  2. (transitive) to create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry
  3. (transitive) to break or interrupt abruptly
  4. (figuratively) To penetrate; to affect deeply.
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I glared at him, willing my stare to pierce his forehead and at least in some way convey my intense resent of his everything.
Wait until she feels the noose tighten about her neck and Manx arrows pierce her cold heart upon the walls of Peel!
It consisted of a robotic drill mounted on a track and programmed to randomly pierce the gallery walls as it moved from room to room.
They pierce the base of a flower to get at the nectar, and visit woodpecker and sapsucker holes for tree sap.
While these mouthparts are not primarily designed to pierce skin some mallophagans do feed on blood.
The apes bare the fierceness of their fangs, and their barks and snarls pierce the quietude of the forest.

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