Pierced is a term used to describe the act of making a hole in an object. The crossword solutions for this term include DRILLED (7 letters), gored (5 letters), piked (5 letters), lanced (6 letters), ENTERED (7 letters), speared (7 letters), STABBED (7 letters), and SKEWERED (8 letters). PERFORATED (10 letters) is also a related term. All of these words refer to the act of piercing an object with a sharp object, such as a drill, spear, or knife.