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Puncture Definition

puncture

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Noun

puncture (plural punctures)

  1. A hole, cut, or tear created by a sharp object.
    I got a puncture in my bicycle tire and had to walk home.
    • 2001, Ken Follett, Jackdaws, Dutton, ISBN 0525946284, page 340,
      Dieter's car had suffered a puncture on the RN3 road between Paris and Meaux. A bent nail was stuck in the tire.

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Verb

puncture (third-person singular simple present punctures, present participle puncturing, simple past and past participle punctured)

  1. To pierce; to break through; to tear a hole.
    The needle punctured the balloon instantly.

Derived terms

Translations

to pierce

Latin

Participle

punctūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of punctūrus

 

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