Harpoon
Harpoon verb - To penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object.
Usage example: she deftly harpooned a shrimp with her skewer and held it over the fire
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Pick and harpoon are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pick" instead a verb "Harpoon".
Nearby Words: harpooned, harpooning
Pick
Pick verb - To penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object.
Usage example: continued to pick the block of ice until she was able to extract the shrimp
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- Many people pick them up because they're pretty... and get a deadly neurotoxic harpoon stuck right into them!
Source: Killer Rabbit / Real Life
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