That the Beatles had not yet found out remained a hallucination with Brian, despite grins exchanged behind his back, and despite John Lennon's occasional brutal puncturings of the masquerade.
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Puncturing
Synonyms for "puncturing" (25 found)
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Noun(5 words)
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16 entriesactionanalysisaperturecriticismcritiqueevaluationholeinsertioninvasive proceduremedical procedureopeningoperationpenetrationperforationprocessproperty descriptor
More specific
13 entriesamniocentesisbiopsy puncturedebunkingdisprooffalsificationlumbar punctureperforationpiercingpinprickrefutationskin punctureslitvenipuncture
Collocations
18 entriespuncture needlepuncture procedurepuncture resistancepuncture sitepuncture testpuncture woundpuncturing actionpuncturing devicepuncturing instrumentpuncturing mechanismpuncturing needlepuncturing procedurepuncturing ratepuncturing riskpuncturing sitepuncturing technique
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We have various events or processes, therefore: cuttings, kickings, humiliatings, panickings, puncturings, smashings, blowings, and swellings. These are the things that really go on in the world and causation is perhaps just a label […]
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