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Perforate

To bore through; to pierce through with a pointed instrument; to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to pierce or penetrate the surface of.

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Cut 84% connected

of Cut

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Cut 84% connected

of Cut

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Manner of action 24

Break 76% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cut 76% connected

of Cut

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Diffuse 76% connected

To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flow on all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to spread; to circulate; to di…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Filter 76% connected

Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matte…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Foray 76% connected

A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Force 76% connected

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Grain 76% connected

See Groan.

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Honeycomb 76% connected

A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs.

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Imbue 76% connected

To tinge deeply; to dye; to cause to absorb; as, clothes thoroughly imbued with black.

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Immerse 76% connected

Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ingrain 76% connected

Dyed with grain, or kermes.

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Interpenetrate 76% connected

To penetrate between or within; to penetrate mutually.

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Penetrate 76% connected

To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness.

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Percolate 76% connected

To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain.

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Permeate 76% connected

To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; -- applied especially to fluids w…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pervade 76% connected

To pass or flow through, as an aperture, pore, or interstice; to permeate.

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Pierce 76% connected

To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument.

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Plunge 76% connected

To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to pl…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Probe 76% connected

To examine, as a wound, an ulcer, or some cavity of the body, with a probe.

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Riddle 76% connected

A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from san…

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Storm 76% connected

A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or h…

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Strike 76% connected

To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Thrust 76% connected

Thrist.

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Tunnel 76% connected

A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a fun…

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Broader term 2

Enter 76% connected

To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet…

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Pierce 76% connected

To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument.

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Derivationally related 6

Perforation 74% connected

The act of perforating, or of boring or piercing through.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Perforation 74% connected

The act of perforating, or of boring or piercing through.

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Punch 74% connected

A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the k…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Punch 74% connected

A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the k…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Puncher 74% connected

One who, or that which, punches.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Puncher 74% connected

One who, or that which, punches.

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Synonym 5

Penetrate 92% connected

To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Perforated 92% connected

of Perforate

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pierced 92% connected

of Pierce

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Punch 92% connected

A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the k…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Punctured 92% connected

of Puncture

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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