Usually means: Penetrates or cuts through sharply.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. pierces: Merriam-Webster
  2. pierces: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Pierces, pierces: Vocabulary.com
  4. Pierce's, Pierces, pierces: Wordnik
  5. pierces: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. pierces: Wiktionary
  7. pierces: Dictionary.com
  8. pierces: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. The Pierces (album), The Pierces: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. pierces: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pierces: Legal dictionary

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  1. pierces: Encyclopedia

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  1. pierces: Idioms

(Note: See pierce as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Pierce)

verb:  (transitive) To puncture; to break through.
verb:  (transitive) To create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry.
verb:  (transitive) to break or interrupt abruptly
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To get to the heart or crux of (a matter).
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To penetrate; to affect deeply.
noun:  (Japan) A pierced earring.
noun:  A male given name from Ancient Greek, medieval variant of Piers. Modern usage may also derive from the surname.
noun:  A surname originating as a patronymic.
noun:  A city, the county seat of Pierce County, Nebraska, United States.
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