¹bore

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of BORE

to make a hole or series of holes in <some woodpecker bored holes in our tree in the backyard>

Synonyms bore, drill, hole, pierce, punch, puncture, riddle

Related Words broach, tap; poke, prick, prickle; penetrate; burrow (into), excavate, gouge, groove, hollow; break, cut, gash, notch, rend, rupture, slash, slit, split

Near Antonyms fill, patch, plug, seal

to force one's way <with some effort, she bored through the throng of yelling protestors>

Synonyms bore, bull, bulldoze, crash, elbow, jam, jostle, muscle, push, shoulder, squeeze

Related Words ram, shove, thrust

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