pierce

To cut or pass through with or as if with a sharp instrument; stab or penetrate.

To make a hole or opening in; perforate.

To make a way through.

To sound sharply through.

To succeed in penetrating (something) with the eyes or the intellect.

To penetrate into or through something.

To thrust through with a sharp or pointed instrument; stab; prick.

To cut into or through; make a hole or opening in.

To penetrate; enter into or through; force a way into or through: as, to pierce the enemy’s center.

To penetrate with pain, grief, or other emotion; wound or affect keenly; touch or move deeply.