Pierce
Pierce verb - To penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object.
Usage example: the saber pierced his chest, releasing a spurt of blood
Stab
Stab verb - To penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object.
Usage example: stabbed the pesky leaf with the tines of the rake
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Swords may pierce him, but he's likely to pull it out and stab you with it.
Source: Implacable Man -
Easy Amnesia: Barbara Pierce Bush loses her memory in "Year Six" during a terrorist attack, and regains it after Taffy pushes her out of Mulberry's helicopter right before she can stab them.
Source: Webcomic / Mulberry - The Lance of Longinus (a spear used to stab Christ during the crucifixion) is sometimes given this lore; it's why, in Neon Genesis Evangelion, the Lance is able to pierce an AT Field, since it turns out the AT Field is in fact the barrier of one's own soul.
Source: Soul-Cutting Blade
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