| Main Entry: | lance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pierce |
Synonyms: |
bore, cut, cut into, gash, gore, incise, penetrate, prick, puncture, slash, slice, slit, stab, stick into |
| Main Entry: | gash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut by slicing |
Synonyms: |
carve, cleave, furrow, gouge, incise, injure, lacerate, lance, mark, nip, notch, pierce, rend, slash, slit, split, tear, wound |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | knife |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cutting tool |
Synonyms: |
bayonet, blade, bolo, cutlass, cutter, cutting edge, dagger, edge, lance, lancet, machete, point, ripper, sabre, scalpel, scimitar, scythe, shank, shiv, sickle, skewer, skiver, steel, stiletto, switchblade, sword, tickler |
| Main Entry: | knife |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stab with pointed tool |
Synonyms: |
brand, carve, chop down, clip, cut, hurt, impale, jag, kill, lacerate, lance, open up, pierce, shank, shiv, slash, slice, spit, stick, thrust, wound |
| Main Entry: | lacerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tear, cut; wound |
Synonyms: |
claw, gash, harm, hurt, injure, jag, lance, maim, mangle, mutilate, puncture, rend, rip, score, serrate, slash, stab, torment, torture |
| Main Entry: | launch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | send off |
Synonyms: |
barrage, bombard, bung, cast, catapult, discharge, dispatch, drive, eject, fire, fling, heave, hurl, lance, pitch, project, propel, send forth, set afloat, set in motion, shoot, sling, throw, toss |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep |
| Main Entry: | open |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clear, expose; spread |
Synonyms: |
bare, break in, break out, broach, burst, bust in, come apart, crack, disclose, display, disrupt, expand, fissure, free, gap, gape, hole, jimmy, kick in, lacerate, lance, penetrate, perforate, pierce, pop, puncture, release, reveal, rupture, separate, sever, slit, slot, split, tap, throw wide, unbar, unblock, unbolt, unclose, unclothe, uncork, uncover, undo, unfasten, unfold, unfurl, unlatch, unlock, unroll, unseal, unshut, unstop, untie, unwrap, vent, ventilate, yawn, yawp |
Antonyms: |
block, bury, cover, exclude, hide, hinder, shut |
| Main Entry: | prick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stab, perforate |
Synonyms: |
bore, cut, drill, enter, hurt, jab, lance, pierce, pink, punch, puncture, slash, slit, smart, spur, sting |