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puncture::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | deflate |
| Type of | vilipend, deprecate, depreciate |
puncture::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | depressurise, depressurize, decompress |
puncture an air balloon.
puncture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | mischance, misadventure, mishap |
puncture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | activity |
| Has types | venipuncture, pricking, prick, perforation, centesis |
Examples of puncture
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The device can then be used to puncture the canister so that it can be recycled.
From the thenewstribune.com
Doctors treated two large bites to his back and 10 puncture wounds to his wrist.
From the independent.co.uk
Jennings suffered a minor puncture wound and was taken to Albany Medical Center.
From the timesunion.com
West suffered a broken leg and cuts and bruises and a puncture wound to her hip.
From the sacbee.com
Care must be taken during this step not to puncture or pierce the arterial wall.
From the nature.com
I knew Abt was leading when I had my puncture, so emotionally I was heartbroken.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Davis went home with only a puncture wound where the catheter had been inserted.
From the sciencedaily.com
Puncture wounds may be prone to infection depending on the depth of penetration.
From the en.wikipedia.org
This avoids the risk with a direct approach of a puncture to the station's hull.
From the newscientist.com
- Loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object
- Pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into; "puncture a tire"
- Make by piercing; "puncture a hole"
- Deflate: reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence"
- The act of puncturing or perforating
- Be pierced or punctured; "The tire punctured"
- Puncture was an early English punk group. Founded in the summer of 1976, this Islington, London based, four-piece combo consisted of Paul McCallum (guitar/vocals), Steve Counsel (bass/vocals), Jak Stafford (guitar/vocals) and "The Fabulous" Marty Truss (drums). ...
- Puncture is an upcoming film starring Chris Evans, directed by Adam Kessen and Mark Kessen.
- (Puncturing) In coding theory, puncturing is the process of removing some of the parity bits after encoding with an error-correction code. This has the same effect as encoding with an error-correction code with a higher rate, or less redundancy. ...
