verb
- Make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation.
- usage: "perforate the sheets of paper"
- synonyms: punch
- Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.
- usage: "The bullet penetrated her chest"
- synonyms: penetrate
adjective
- Having a hole cut through.
- usage: "pierced ears"; "a perforated eardrum"; "a punctured balloon"
- synonyms: pierced, perforated, punctured
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