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puncture

noun

  1. incision of tissues for injection of medication or for other diagnostic or therapeutic procedures
  2. perforate
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verb

  1. perforate
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpʌŋktʃə/ / /ˈpʌŋkt͡ʃɚ/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der. Proto-Italic *pungō Late Latin pungō Late Latin pūnctus Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Late Latin -tūra Late Latin punctūrabor. English puncture Borrowed from Late Latin punctūra.

  1. The act or an instance of puncturing.
  2. 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.

    The lion may perish by the puncture of an asp.

  3. A hole in a vehicle's tyre, causing the tyre to deflate.

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

    Dieter's car had suffered a puncture on the RN3 road between Paris and Meaux. A bent nail was stuck in the tire.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der. Proto-Italic *pungō Late Latin pungō Late Latin pūnctus Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Late Latin -tūra Late Latin punctūrabor. English puncture Borrowed from Late Latin punctūra.

  1. To pierce; to break through; to tear a hole.

    The needle punctured the balloon instantly.

    The couple all bloody / Tongues punctured by each other's teeth / Died and didn't let go

  2. 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.