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pierced
adjective as in cleft
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He died outside Nepal's parliament building after a bullet pierced his neck.
From BBC
It looked as if it had either suffered a heavy blow to the forehead or been pierced by a bullet above the left eye.
From BBC
Come nightfall, the eerie silence is often pierced by the woeful bleat of a wandering burro.
From Los Angeles Times
Last year I came millimeters from death when that bullet pierced through my skin.
From Salon
It was just another Friday morning on the Taiwanese island of Kinmen, a few kilometres from the coast of China, when an air raid siren pierced the calm.
From BBC
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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