pierce

[1]	stab , puncture , penetrate , thrust/poke into , lance , spear , spit , run through/into , skewer , impale , fix , transfix
[2]	bore into/through , penetrate , drill , perforate , riddle , punch through , hole , tunnel into
[3]	penetrate , fathom , see , understand , grasp , discover , realize
[4]	affect (keenly) , touch , move , melt , stir , rouse , pain , cut to the quick , wound , strike
[5]	thrust

[1]	Franklin Pierce , President Pierce