Piercing and Wounding

Piercing

Piercing adjective - Causing intense discomfort to one's skin.

Wounding and piercing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wounding" instead an adjective "Piercing".

Nearby Words: pierced, piercingly, piercer

Wounding

Wounding adjective - Causing physical or especially psychological injury.

Piercing and wounding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Piercing" instead an adjective "Wounding".

Nearby Words: wound, wounded

Both words in one sentence

  • Trick Arrow In The Dragon on the Border, Daffydd creates an armor-piercing arrow, designed to pierce armor, go through an empty space, and then pierce an additional layer of armor, as opposed to piercing armor and wounding the person wearing it like a normal arrow.
    Source: Trick Arrow
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Wounding and Piercing. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/piercing/wounding
Piercing & Wounding. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/piercing/wounding>.
Wounding or Piercing. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/piercing/wounding.
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