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puncture English

Meaning puncture meaning

What does puncture mean?
Definitions in simple English

puncture Noun

— A puncture refers to a hole, cut or tear that is made due to something sharp. My tire has a puncture in it after I drove in the mountains.

puncture Verb

— When you puncture something, you are trying to make a hole using something sharp. I used a needle to puncture the balloons on the floor.

puncture

— verb pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into puncture a tire — verb make by piercing puncture a hole — noun a small hole made by a sharp object — noun loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object — noun the act of puncturing or perforating — verb be pierced or punctured The tire punctured — verb cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing puncture an air balloon — verb (= deflate) reduce or lessen the size or importance of The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence

Synonyms puncture synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as puncture?

puncture English » English

prick pierce hole stab perforate perforation bore punch drill tapping sting jab be punctured thrust into thrust tap stick lance deflate vent twinge transfix stitch spear riddle prickle pricking point pique piercing pick penetrate paracentesis orifice make a hole have a hole flat tyre fissure cut cavity burst broach break breach blowout blow out aperture wreck wound wimble

Topics puncture topics

What do people use puncture to talk about?
Person Healthy

Injure

Conjugation puncture conjugation

How do you conjugate puncture?

puncture · verb

Examples puncture examples

How do I use puncture in a sentence?

Movie subtitles

Oh, he had a puncture, I suppose.
Oh, I had a puncture in the car today.
You can kill a man. by shoving an ice pick into the base of his brain. leaving a puncture so small the naked eye can't see.
Judging from the space between the puncture, I'd say a mamba.
The girl was poisoned through a puncture in her middle finger.
The puncture: A sharp point attached to the snapper.
Puncture.
Find a nice freckle so that the puncture won't show.
Careful you don't puncture your suit.
That agrees with our coordinates. Have you checked pressure for puncture?
When they came for me I was hiding, trying to puncture my eardrum with an ice pick.
Two puncture marks in the neck. about here.
Minor puncture wounds.
It's been dusted. One knife puncture, from the rear. Six-inch blade.
It's pressure. Have you done a spinal puncture?
Puncture those barrels!
Meanwhile, ship surgeon Dr. McCoy is examining a strange puncture wound left by one of the creatures on Mr. Spock's back.
It's a puncture.
Second puncture must have triggered it off.
Puncture the tire. We need time.
The lung puncture has closed.
If only there was some way to puncture that dome.
Oh, well, maybe it's had a puncture.
One more piece of surgery, it's called 'sternal puncture'.
I even changed the front wheel who had a puncture. Why?
No, no, I know how to do, a puncture and a kiss are needed.
You mean the two puncture marks?
I had a puncture.
Puncture, I think.
Mend the puncture.
I'll mend the puncture, take them off and they'll dry out before we get there.
Mend the puncture and we'll go home.
Oh yeah, I'd say It's a puncture.
I said that I would puncture it, and I will.

News and current affairs

Since consumer spending has been the remaining bulwark of the US economy since the collapse of the financial bubble, war with Iraq could puncture the last point of stability in the US economy.
But they may also be waiting for the first external shock to puncture the Chavez balloon before they pounce.

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