A brilliant bolt of green light, blowing a stone from the wall, pierced the spot where she had stood an instant before.

The bolt pierced its plump blue-and-yellow breast; the arrow had missed it by a hairbreadth.

A bolt with a temperature approaching 30,000 C pierced the magnificent tree to its heart.

That bolt pierced Nicci's heart, too, connecting the two women.

A bolt from a crossbow had pierced him.

A dozen ballistae bolts having pierced her hull, driving right on through her vessel to protrude into the sea on the other side!

The bolt pierced it.

The bolt pierced his wrist - and he screamed in pain.

A bolt from a crossbow had pierced her throat, another stuck in her chest.

Since the bolts pierce the skin, proper cleaning to prevent infection at the site of surgery must be performed.