pierce
verb (used with object)
to penetrate into or run through (something), as a sharp, pointed dagger, object, or instrument does.
piercer
-
a word derived from
pierce.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
But when the failing company has been a piercer of more than 100 million ears, nobody can stick to courtroom decorum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
He was identified by friends and customers as Gunn’s husband, James Maldonado, a piercer there.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2021
Judge Amjad Nawaz said the body-modification industry was unregulated and McCarthy was only registered as a tattooist and cosmetic piercer.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2019
“That was nothing,” Bengston says, as the piercer smooths a bandage onto his skin.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 1, 2017
Terebra: a borer or piercer: an ovipositor fitted for boring or cutting as in saw-flies: a mandibular sclerite articulated to the basalis; forms the point of the structure and = the galea of the maxilla.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
