She had her ears 'pierced'. = She 'pierced' her ears. [=she had holes made in her ears so that she could wear earrings]
The fog was 'pierced' by a dim light. [=a dim light could be seen through the fog]
The troops 'pierced through' the enemy's defenses.
(..) I'll go to Davis and visit you every day. ...now I want Spirits to enforce, art to enchant, And my ending is despair, Unless I be relieved by prayer, which pierces so that it assaults mercy itself and frees all faults. As you from crimes would pardoned be, let your indulgence set me free. Yeah! (..)2017 Lady Bird