Penetrated
Severed and penetrated are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Severed" instead a verb "Penetrated".
Severed
Severed adjective - Detached by cutting.
Penetrated and severed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Penetrated" instead a verb "Severed".
Both words in one sentence
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Well if the bullet HAD penetrated Snake's eyeball then it would have either have gone straight through his brain, or have exited through the side of the eye-socket and have severed the optic nerve on its way out taking a chunk of flesh from the side of Snake's head with it.
Source: Moe Greene Special
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