punctured
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punc·ture
(pŭngk′chər)v. punc·tured, punc·tur·ing, punc·tures
v.tr.
1. To pierce with a pointed object.
2. To make (a hole) by piercing.
3. To depreciate or deflate: cutting remarks that punctured my ego.
v.intr.
To be pierced or punctured: The tire punctured when it hit the curb.
n.
1. The act or an instance of puncturing.
2. A hole or depression made by a sharp object, especially a hole in an automotive tire.
[From Middle English, a pricking, from Late Latin pūnctūra, from pūnctus, past participle of pungere, to prick; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.]
punc′tur·a·ble adj.
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| Adj. | 1. | punctured - having a hole cut through; "pierced ears"; "a perforated eardrum"; "a punctured balloon" cut - separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument; "the cut surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists" |
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