perforate

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Women unable to get legal abortions were dying after being injected with disinfectants, overdosing on a too-rapidly-administered anesthetic, suffering a perforated uterus that led to blood poisoning.

From Los Angeles Times

Gruesome hemorrhages, perforated wombs, bloodied young women gasping out their lives: all the aftermath of botched illegal abortions.

From Los Angeles Times

One entered his torso and flew upward, fragmenting and perforating his chest muscle, which bruised his lungs and created a cluster of three large exit wounds.

From Washington Post

He suffered serial bouts of spinal meningitis, and his eardrums were permanently perforated.

From New York Times

This perforated gel makes a great scaffolding for uncooked faux fish.

From Scientific American