puncture | Definition of puncture

puncture

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of puncture

1 to make a hole or series of holes in

a nail punctured the tire

Synonyms of puncture

bore, drill, hole, perforate, pierce, punch, riddle

Words Related to puncture

poke, prick, prickle

burrow (into), excavate, gouge, groove, hollow

break, cut, gash, notch, rend, rupture, slash, slit, split

Near Antonyms of puncture

fill, patch, plug, seal

2 to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object

I could never puncture my own skin with a hypodermic needle

Synonyms of puncture

gore, harpoon, impale, jab, lance, peck, pick, pierce, pink, run through, skewer, spear, spike, spit, stab, stick, transfix, transpierce

Words Related to puncture

perforate, riddle

bayonet, dirk, gimlet, pike, poniard, prong, quill

pinprick, poke, prick, punch, thrust

cut, knife, slice