perforate
Adjective
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Having a hole cut through (synset 300665326)
"pierced ears"; "a perforated eardrum"; "a punctured balloon"similar to: cut - separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
Verb
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Make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation (synset 201445398)
"perforate the sheets of paper"is a type of: pierce - make a hole intosame as: punch
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Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance (synset 201230239)
"The bullet penetrated her chest"subtypes:
- dig into, poke into, probe - examine physically with or as if with a probe
- cut - penetrate injuriously
- interpenetrate, permeate - penetrate mutually or be interlocked
- strike - pierce with force
- break - pierce or penetrate
- foray - briefly enter enemy territory
- poke into - enter briefly
- creep in, sneak in - enter surreptitiously
- diffuse, imbue, interpenetrate, penetrate, permeate, pervade, riddle - spread or diffuse through
- honeycomb - penetrate thoroughly and into every part
- pierce - make a hole into
- pierce, thrust - penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
- pierce - cut or make a way through
- tunnel - force a way through
- filter, percolate, permeate, sink in - pass through
- grain, ingrain - thoroughly work in
- immerse, plunge - thrust or throw into
- force, storm - take by force
- ooze through - run slowly and gradually
same as: penetrate
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