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punctured
punc·ture P0661000 (pŭngk′chər)v. punc·tured, punc·tur·ing, punc·tures v.tr.1. To pierce with a pointed object.2. To make (a hole) by piercing.3. To depreciate or deflate: cutting remarks that punctured my ego.v.intr. To be pierced or punctured: The tire punctured when it hit the curb.n.1. The act or an instance of puncturing.2. A hole or depression made by a sharp object, especially a hole in an automotive tire.
[From Middle English, a pricking, from Late Latin pūnctūra, from pūnctus, past participle of pungere, to prick; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.]
punc′tur·a·ble adj.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | punctured - having a hole cut through; "pierced ears"; "a perforated eardrum"; "a punctured balloon"perforate, perforated, piercedcut - separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument; "the cut surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists" |
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Related to punctured: Punctured eardrum, Punctured lungSynonyms for puncturedadj having a hole cut throughSynonyms- perforate
- perforated
- pierced
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