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Puncture

//ˈpʌŋktʃə// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act or an instance of puncturing.
  2. 2
    the act of puncturing or perforating wordnet
  3. 3
    A hole, cut, or tear created by a sharp object.

    "There were two small punctures in his arm where the snake's fangs had pierced the skin."

  4. 4
    a small hole made by a sharp object wordnet
  5. 5
    A hole in a vehicle's tyre, causing the tyre to deflate. specifically

    "On the way back we got a puncture, and we were stuck at the roadside for three hours until help arrived."

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  1. 6
    loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To pierce; to break through; to tear a hole.

    "The needle punctured the balloon instantly."

  2. 2
    be pierced or punctured wordnet
  3. 3
    To destroy the vitality or strength of.

    "The woebegone children have their aspirations slowly snuffed. Grace’s artistic dreams (of animation, of course) are punctured by her isolated existence; Gilbert’s pyrophilia is smothered by religious extremism."

  4. 4
    cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing wordnet
  5. 5
    reduce or lessen the size or importance of wordnet
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  1. 6
    pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into wordnet
  2. 7
    make by piercing wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Late Latin punctūra.

Etymology 2

From Late Latin punctūra.

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