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pierced
UK
/pɪəst/
US
/pɪrst/
Examples
the ground is, as it were, pierced in a thousand places by primitive rocks, which appear like the bones of a skeleton whose flesh is partly consumed.
le sol est comme percé en mille endroits de roches primitives, qui ressemblent aux os d'un squelette dont la chair est en partie consumée.
They had pierced through thirty-two yards of coal in order to reach their entombed comrades; but when only three yards more remained to be pierced, fire-damp enveloped them.
Ils avaient percé trente-deux yards de charbon pour atteindre leurs camarades ensevelis ; mais lorsqu’il ne restait plus que trois yards à percer, le grisou les enveloppa.