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noun

the act of piercing or perforating, as with a pointed instrument or object.

a hole or mark so made.

Zoology. a small pointlike depression.

verb (used with object)

to pierce or perforate, as with a pointed instrument: to puncture leather with an awl.

to make (a hole, perforation, etc.) by piercing or perforating: He punctured a row of holes in the cardboard.

to make a puncture in: A piece of glass punctured the tire.

to reduce or diminish as if by piercing; damage; wound: to puncture a person's pride.

to cause to collapse or disintegrate; spoil; ruin: to puncture one's dream of success.

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verb (used without object)

to become punctured: These tires do not puncture easily.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin pūnctūra a pricking, equivalent to pūnct(us) (past participle of pungere to pierce; see pungent), + -ūra -ure

Related forms

punc·tur·a·ble, adjective

punc·ture·less, adjective

punc·tur·er, noun

non·punc·tur·a·ble, adjective

un·punc·tured, adjective

Synonyms
2. break, rupture, perforation.

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Example Sentences

Minor cuts and puncture wounds can be treated at home.

Also, it will catch them off guard and puncture their clownish facades.

It seemed as if no amount of global gloom could puncture investors' confidence.

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Minor cuts and puncture wounds can be treated at home.

Also, it will catch them off guard and puncture their clownish facades.

It seemed as if no amount of global gloom could puncture investors' confidence.

Red crabs can stop traffic, puncture tires, and wander through any open doors during their migration to the sea.

Study helps puncture myth that scent is a weak sense in avian world.

Their toothmarks consisted of depressions, puncture marks and grooves.

The show features native plants that don't poke, prick, or puncture.

It will puncture the atmosphere, and then release an experimental aircraft.

Emergency airway puncture is the placement of a hollow needle through the throat into the airway.

The needles painlessly puncture the skin, but do not go through it.

To feed, black widows puncture their insect prey with their fangs and administer digestive enzymes to the corpses.

Most injuries are puncture wounds to the hands, followed by hits to the forearms, legs and feet.

Better, you can't puncture it, a pretty handy feature when you're hundreds of thousands of miles from home.

Cotton or a bandage may be applied to the puncture site if there is any continued bleeding.

Narrowing the distribution of polymers yields higher tensile and puncture strength, and improves sealing in packaging films.

As you attach the burner, it's supposed to puncture the gas canister through a rubber seal.

The normal tool types that puncture the chromosphere s force shield are collimated streams.

Not only can the cubes puncture thin metal and cinder block.

Once the blood has been collected, the needle is removed, and the puncture site is covered to stop any bleeding.

He could put the nervous at ease, and puncture the pompous.

Attacking at night, the bat doesn't suck its victims' blood but laps it up from tiny puncture wounds made with two sharp fangs.

The pencil will puncture the poor baby's hide and get swallowed up.

Pure and clean and seen from the ground, it's so powerful that it really appears to puncture the atmosphere.

Only if you've used every other alternative do you do a lumbar puncture.

Indeed, his work often bears a little magic that is hard pin down, let alone puncture.

As one attaches the burner, it's supposed to puncture the canister through a rubber seal.

One bite from a normal dog and a kid might have a bloody lip or a puncture in his hand.

There is a slight chance of infection at the puncture site.

It is a constant struggle, for cult leaders, to keep their followers from hearing views or facts that might puncture their faith.

There a veterinarian noticed a puncture wound from a stick and amputated part of the third toe on her left forefoot.

The injection of gallium will sting, and the puncture site may hurt for several hours or days when touched.

When a female tries to take over a harem of males, she may attempt to puncture a rival's eye or break her leg.

Then puncture it slightly and keep dumping artificial sweetener on or near the puncture spot until the roof gives way.

One gladiator had a distinctive double puncture wound to the front of his skull.

Another puncture hole is present on the right side of the brain cavity.

She has a puncture on her right leg and injuries on other parts of her body.

Floated over numerous sharp rocks and sticks and had no puncture.

Located at the tip of the boat, it's too puncture prone to have a hatch into the other compartments.

He received cuts and gashes, including a puncture through his right arm, but otherwise.

One of the last catnip mice destroyed by my cats had two puncture wounds around the neck and look suspiciously drained.

For instance, the psychological impact of a sharp sell-off could severely puncture consumer confidence.

White arrows indicate deep puncture marks on the surface of the bone.

Tall cranes still puncture the skyline over rising office structures.

Sinus puncture with bacterial culture is the gold standard for diagnosing a bacterial sinus infection.

The puncture site will be cleaned and shaved, if necessary.

Her body had cuts and bruises from her head to her feet and puncture wounds that may have been bites from squirrels in the room.

Cotton or a bandage may be applied to the puncture site if there is any continued.

Leila had my dog by the throat and put a puncture wound in her neck and badly injured a back leg.

On the other hand the puncture wound on her back has left her paralyzed in the back side including bowel and urinary tract.

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World English Dictionary

puncture (ˈpʌŋktʃə)

—n
1.	a small hole made by a sharp object
2.	a perforation and loss of pressure in a pneumatic tyre, made by sharp stones, glass, etc
3.	the act of puncturing or perforating

—vb
4.	(tr) to pierce (a hole) in (something) with a sharp object
5.	to cause (something pressurized, esp a tyre) to lose pressure by piercing, or (of a tyre, etc) to be pierced and collapse in this way
6.	(tr) to depreciate (a person's self-esteem, pomposity, etc)

[C14: from Latin punctūra, from pungere to prick]

'puncturable

—*adj*

'puncturer

—n

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Word Origin & History

puncture

1392, from L.L. punctura "a pricking," from L. punctus, prop. pp. of pungere "to prick, pierce" (see pungent). The verb is from 1699.

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Medical Dictionary

puncture punc·ture (pŭngk'chər)
v. punc·tured, punc·tur·ing, punc·tures
To pierce with a pointed object, as with a needle. n.
A hole or depression made by a sharp object. Also called centesis.

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