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How to pronounce punctured in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms perforate, perforated, pierced


a punctured balloon.

Examples of punctured

punctured
So the investigation will want to find out how the A380's wing became punctured.
From the newscientist.com
His excitement at agreeing a transatlantic deal had already been punctured once.
From the independent.co.uk
He said they are continuing to look at the tires but at least one was punctured.
From the al.com
Empty beer bottles were lined up on tabletops, bullet holes punctured the walls.
From the sacbee.com
In arteriotomy, an artery was punctured, although generally only in the temples.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Rodriguez suffered a punctured lung, several broken ribs, and internal injuries.
From the sacbee.com
Two tires would be punctured or a window smashed or smeared with a durable glue.
From the time.com
While tests show his punctured lung has healed, his broken rib still causes pain.
From the stltoday.com
The knife punctured the victim's lung and spleen, which was surgically removed.
From the timesunion.com
More examples
  • 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. ...