PIERCE

v. 1 stab, puncture, penetrate, thrust or poke into, lance, spear, spit, run through or into, skewer, impale, fix, transfix The arrow pierced his heart and he dropped down dead 2 bore into or through, penetrate, drill, perforate, riddle, punch through, hole, tunnel into The wall is pierced to provide ventilation 3 penetrate, fathom, see, understand, comprehend,, grasp, discover, realize His keen analytical mind allowed him to pierce the mysteries of nature 4 affect (keenly), touch, move, melt, stir, rouse, pain, cut to the quick, wound, strike It pierced my heart to hear the child weep