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Verbs (3)

make a hole into

v. make a hole into; "The needle pierced her flesh"

v. penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

v. cut or make a way through; "the knife cut through the flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest"

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Fuzzynyms (43)

v. make a hole with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"

dig, turn over, delve, cut into

v. turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"

cut into, incise, carve into

v. make an incision into by carving or cutting

v. move through by or as by digging; "burrow through the forest"

v. use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death"

open, open up, become open

v. become open; "The door opened"

lace, spike, fortify

v. add alcohol to (beverages); "the punch is spiked!"

snap, rupture, tear, bust

v. separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"

v. pierce with a spear; "spear fish"

puncture, make a hole into

v. pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into; "puncture a tire"

poke, jab, dig, stab, prod

v. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

v. make a hole with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"

dig, turn over, delve, cut into

v. turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"

v. move through by or as by digging; "burrow through the forest"

v. open by piercing with a lancet; "lance a boil"

cut, edit, edit out

v. prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"

Synonyms (2)

cut, separate with an instrument

v. separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"

Antonyms (0)

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