Pierce
Pierce verb - Move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply.
Usage example: Her words pierced the students
Strike
Strike verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.
Usage example: we were struck by the willingness of total strangers to go out of their way to help us
Pierce and strike are semantically related in rouse topic. Sometimes you can use "Pierce" instead a verb "Strike", if it concerns topics such as dent.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Armor-Piercing Attack: Certain weapons possess the ability to pierce through minor scenery objects (such as concrete barriers), can strike multiple enemies, and bypass the armour of certain enemies such as Hectors.
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They pierce armor better and do more damage than standard AP rounds although less than hollow-point rounds when they strike flesh.
Source: Depleted Phlebotinum Shells - The homing/pierce bug, which let Amazons with the Buriza-Do Kyanon unique crossbow and the Guided Arrow skill strike an enemy up to 4 times with one shot.
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Strike and Pierce. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pierce/strike
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