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perforate::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | perforated, pierced, punctured |
a perforated eardrum.
perforate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | penetrate |
| Type of | get in, move into, go in, go into, enter, get into, come in |
| Has types | honeycomb, imbue, immerse, ingrain, interpenetrate, ooze through, penetrate, percolate, permeate, pervade, pierce, plunge, poke into, probe, riddle, sink in, break, storm, strike, thrust, tunnel, sneak in, creep in, cut, diffuse, dig into, filter, foray, force, grain |
| Derivation | perforation |
Examples of perforate
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When the Boers perforate his beachside shack, Riggs finds appropriate recourse.
From the time.com
The use of aluminium makes it easy to perforate the dome with thousands of tiny holes.
From the en.wikipedia.org
If swallowed, they can possibly perforate the gastrointestinal tract and require surgery.
From the news10now.com
For example, a gastrointestinal mural haematoma may perforate up to 14 days after injury.
From the sciencedaily.com
Even if the paper is peeling off easily, you still need to perforate the old wallpaper.
From the dailyherald.com
Lasers have been used in the past to perforate cells for gene therapy in cultured cells.
From the newscientist.com
The bacteria then perforate through the intestinal wall and are phagocytosed by macrophages.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Eastman Kodak used Bell and Howell's machine to perforate its films.
From the en.wikipedia.org
So are most of the grasses and leaves that perforate every crevice.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Punch: make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation; "perforate the sheets of paper"
- Pierced: having a hole cut through; "pierced ears"; "a perforated eardrum"; "a punctured balloon"
- Penetrate: pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest"
- (perforation) a line of small holes for tearing at a particular place
- (perforation) a hole made in something; "a perforation of the eardrum"
- To pierce; to penetrate; To make a line of holes in a thin material to allow separation at the line; Perforated
- (perforation) the act of perforating or the state of being perforated; any opening in a solid object; an abnormal opening in an organ, such as a rupture; a series of holes punched through something in order to assist in separating parts; that portion of a surface that remains after an open ...
- (Perforating) Punching small holes or slits in a sheet of paper or cardboard to facilitate tearing along a desired line.
- (PERFORATING) A row or rows of die-cut slits punched through a printed sheet to facilitate the separation of a portion of the sheet.
