All puncture synonyms
puncΒ·ture
P p verb puncture
- rabbet β a deep notch formed in or near one edge of a board, framing timber, etc., so that something else can be fitted into it or so that a door or the like can be closed against it.
- burst β If something bursts or if you burst it, it suddenly breaks open or splits open and the air or other substance inside it comes out.
- lacerate β to tear roughly; mangle: The barbed wire lacerated his hands.
- draw off β to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- whacked β exhausted; tired out.
- dis-favored β unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- facetted β one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- gapping β a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach: We found a gap in the enemy's line of fortifications.
- chining β the backbone or spine, especially of an animal.
- diffused β Simple past tense and past participle of diffuse.
- accessed β the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- broach β When you broach a subject, especially a sensitive one, you mention it in order to start a discussion on it.
- deflate β If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important.
- disprove β to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
- bore β If someone or something bores you, you find them dull and uninteresting.
- hacked β to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
- drill β a large, baboonlike monkey, Mandrillus leucophaeus, of western Africa, similar to the related mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored: now endangered.
- breeze in β a wind or current of air, especially a light or moderate one.
- fracturing β Present participle of fracture.
- holed β an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- breached β the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- winging β either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- mow down β to cut down (grass, grain, etc.) with a scythe or a machine.
- demystifying β Present participle of demystify.
- hashed β Simple past tense and past participle of hash.
- break through β If you break through a barrier, you succeed in forcing your way through it.
- open β not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- accessing β the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- feelings β the function or the power of perceiving by touch.
- disconfirming β Not confirming.
- demystify β If you demystify something, you make it easier to understand by giving a clear explanation of it.
- honeycomb β a structure of rows of hexagonal wax cells, formed by bees in their hive for the storage of honey, pollen, and their eggs.
- whacking β large.
- cut β If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
- breaching β the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- hashing β hash coding
- disconfirm β to prove to be invalid.
- faceted β one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- blow in β to arrive or enter suddenly
- hacking β a rack for drying food, as fish.
noun puncture
- foramen β an opening, orifice, or short passage, as in a bone or in the integument of the ovule of a plant.
- flat tire β a pneumatic tire that has lost all or most of its air through leakage, puncture, or the like.
- keyhole β a hole for inserting a key in a lock, especially one in the shape of a circle with a rectangle having a width smaller than the diameter of the circle projecting from the bottom.
- foramina β an opening, orifice, or short passage, as in a bone or in the integument of the ovule of a plant.
- leakage β an act of leaking; leak.
- hole β an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- blowout β A blowout is a large meal, often a celebration with family or friends, at which people may eat too much.
- aperture β An aperture is a narrow hole or gap.
- coverts β concealed; secret; disguised.