puncture

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The act or an instance of puncturing.

2. 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. 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.
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   1. 4

      To pierce

      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. 5

      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.

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