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puncture
noun as in hole, rupture
verb as in poke hole in
verb as in deflate someone's idea, feelings
Example Sentences
You might have been forgiven for not realizing from such a statement that the three people punctured by a gunman’s bullets were immigrants.
Lewis Hamilton clipped the wall in his Ferrari, damaging his front wing and giving himself a front-left puncture, on his way to 12th fastest time.
Around the world, autocrats have recognized the power of comedians to puncture preferred narratives, undermine authority and stoke dissent.
Andrews added that she recently had to perform a lumbar puncture, an operation better known as a spinal tap, on a four-year-old, which she said is going to become more common as vaccination rates drop.
For Cupid, the most recent animal wounded, veterinarians found that the arrow punctured her right lung and nearly struck her left.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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