verb
- Pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into.
- usage: "puncture a tire"
- synonyms: puncture
- Make by piercing.
- usage: "puncture a hole"
- synonyms: puncture
- Reduce or lessen the size or importance of.
- usage: "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence"
- Cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing.
- usage: "puncture an air balloon"
- synonyms: puncture
- Be pierced or punctured.
- usage: "The tire punctured"
- synonyms: puncture
adjective
- Having a hole cut through.
- usage: "pierced ears"; "a perforated eardrum"; "a punctured balloon"
- synonyms: pierced, perforated, perforate
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