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pierced

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pierced  (pîrst)
adj.
1. Cut through with a sharp instrument; perforated.
2. Of or relating to a body part that has been perforated for the purpose of attaching a piece of jewelry.
3. Of or relating to a piece of jewelry designed to be worn in a such a body part: a pierced earring.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.pierced - having a hole cut through; "pierced ears"; "a perforated eardrum"; "a punctured balloon"
cut - separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument; "the cut surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists"
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pierced
adj objectdurchstochen; nose, nipplegepierct; to have pierced earsLöcher in den Ohrläppchen haben

pierced مثقوب propíchnutý piercet durchstochen τρυπητός perforado lävistetty percé probušen perforato 穴をあけた 구멍을 뚫은 doordrongen gjennomboret przebity furado проколотый genomborrad ที่ถูกเจาะ delik thủng lỗ 穿通的


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He rode pick-a-back on a woolly- headed, black-skinned savage, the lobes of whose ears had been pierced and stretched until one had torn out, while the other carried a circular block of carved wood three inches in diameter.
Looking down upon the Arrow with which it had been pierced, it found that the shaft of the Arrow had been feathered with one of its own plumes.
SABLE ISLAND--Green single barbette-tower freighter, number indistinguishable, up-ended, and fore-tank pierced after collision, passed 300-ft.
 
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