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Main Entry: spear
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: lance

Synonyms:

bayonet, bill, gar, halberd, javelin, lancet, partisan, partizan, pike, weapon
Main Entry: spear
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: weapon

Synonyms:

bayonet, blade, bolt, bore, dart, harpoon, javelin, lance, skewer, spike, spire, trident
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: 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
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