transpierce
51transfix — Synonyms and related words: auger, balance, ballast, bayonet, bewitch, bite, bore, broach, counterbalance, countersink, dagger, dirk, drill, electrify, empierce, enchant, engross, enrapture, ensorcel, fascinate, firm, firm up, fix, freeze,… …
52spike — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cleat, skewer, spindle; projection; goad, prod. See sharpness. v. pierce, gore; nail, rivet, impale, transpierce; slang, lace (with); needle. See connection, opening, drinking. II (Roget s IV) n. 1.… …
53transfix — v. a. Transpierce, penetrate, perforate, pierce through …
54stab — I. v. a. 1. Pierce, transfix, gore, spear, transpierce, pink, wound. 2. Wound, wound maliciously. 3. Injure secretly, malign, slander. II. n. 1. Thrust, cut, prick. 2. Wound, blow, dagger stroke. 3. Injury, ma …
55enter — verb 1) police entered the house from the side Syn: go in/into, come in/into, get in/into, set foot in, cross the threshold of, gain access to, infiltrate, access Ant: leave 2) a bullet entered his chest Syn …
56impale — verb her knife impaled the counter like a javelin Syn: stick, skewer, spear, spike, transfix, harpoon; pierce, stab, run through; literary transpierce …
57punch — I 1. verb Diana punched him in the face Syn: hit, strike, thump, jab, smash, welt, cuff, clip; batter, buffet, pound, pummel; informal sock, slug, bop, wallop, clobber, bash, whack, thwac …
58spike — 1. noun 1) a metal spike Syn: prong, barb, point; skewer, stake, spit; tine, pin; spur; Mountaineering piton 2) the spikes of a cactus Syn: thorn, spine, prickle …
59stab — 1. verb 1) a soldier stabbed the civilian Syn: knife, run through, skewer, spear, bayonet, gore, spike, stick, impale, transfix, pierce, prick, puncture; literary transpierce 2) she stabbed at the earth with a fork …
60bayonet — n 1. blade, knife, dagger, dirk; poniard, poignard, skean, misericord. v 2. stab, jab, spear, knife, pierce, transpierce; lance, lancinate, spike, run through; stick, pink, plunge; impale, spit, gore, transfix; slash, gouge, tear …
