perforate

Main Entry:
perforate [v. pur-fuh-reyt; adj. pur-fer-it, -fuh-reyt]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make a hole in
Synonyms: bore, drill, drive, hole, honeycomb, penetrate, permeate, pierce, pit, poke full of holes, probe, punch, puncture, shoot full of holes, slit, stab
Antonyms: close up
Main Entry: burst
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: blow up, break out
Synonyms: barge, blow, break, crack, detonate, discharge, disintegrate, erupt, explode, fly open, fracture, fragment, gush forth, perforate, pierce, pop, prick, puncture, rend asunder, run, rupture, rush, shatter, shiver, splinter, split, spout, tear apart
Main Entry: cut
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: sever, chop with sharp instrument; incise
Synonyms: amputate, behead, bisect, bite, carve, chine, chip, chisel, cleave, clip, crop, curtail, decussate, dice, dispatch, dissect, dissever, divide, facet, fell, flitch, gash, guillotine, hack, hash, hew, intersect, lacerate, lay open, level, lop, massacre, mince, mow, mow down, nick, notch, part, penetrate, perforate, pierce, prune, puncture, quarter, rabbet, raze, reap, rend, rip, rive, saber, saw, scarify, scissor, score, scythe, separate, shave, shear, sickle, skive, slash, slaughter, slay, slice, slit, sliver, snip
Main Entry: dent
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: chip, scrape, depress
Synonyms: dig, dimple, dint, furrow, gouge, hollow, imprint, indent, make concave, mark, nick, notch, perforate, pit, press in, push in, ridge, scratch
Antonyms: bulge
Main Entry: drill
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bore hole
Synonyms: dig, penetrate, perforate, pierce, prick, punch, puncture, sink in
Main Entry: gore
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pierce
Synonyms: gouge, impale, lance, perforate, puncture, spear, stab, stick, wound
Main Entry: impale
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: stab
Synonyms: lance, perforate, pierce, prick, punch, puncture, run through, skewer, skiver, spear, spike, stick, transfix
Main Entry: open
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: clear, expose; spread
Synonyms: bare, break in, break out, broach, burst, bust in, come apart, crack, disclose, display, disrupt, expand, fissure, free, gap, gape, hole, jimmy, kick in, lacerate, lance, penetrate, perforate, pierce, pop, puncture, release, reveal, rupture, separate, sever, slit, slot, split, tap, throw wide, unbar, unblock, unbolt, unclose, unclothe, uncork, uncover, undo, unfasten, unfold, unfurl, unlatch, unlock, unroll, unseal, unshut, unstop, untie, unwrap, vent, ventilate, yawn, yawp
Antonyms: block, bury, cover, exclude, hide, hinder, shut
Main Entry: penetrate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pierce; get through physically
Synonyms: access, barge in, bayonet, blow in, bore, break in, breeze in, bust in, charge, come, crack, diffuse, drill, drive, eat through, encroach, enter, filter in, force, get in, go through, gore, impale, infiltrate, ingress, insert, insinuate, introduce, invade, jab, knife, make a hole, make an entrance, pass through, percolate, perforate, permeate, pervade, pop in, prick, probe, puncture, ream, run into, saturate, seep, sink into, spear, stab, stick into, suffuse, thrust, trespass
Notes: the difference between permeate and pervade is that the former is affecting a surface, the latter an area; a characteristic of penetrate is that it is effected upon a solid substance
Antonyms: exit, take out, withdraw
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