打ち抜く

うちぬく

Also written 打ち貫く

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Transitive to go through (e.g. a wall); to penetrate; to pierce; to perforate; to bore into
2. to punch (a hole, pattern, etc.); to stamp out (e.g. a coin)
3. to remove (partitions between rooms); to join (multiple rooms) into one
4. to carry out (to completion)

Kanji

• 打 hit. Read as うち.
• 抜 pull out. Read as ぬく.

Example sentences

• その男は自分の脳を撃ち抜いた。
  The man blew out his own brains.
• 彼はトラの頭を撃ち抜いた。
  He shot a tiger through the head.
• 彼は最初の一発で的の中心を撃ち抜いた。
  He hit the center of the target with his first shot.

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