puncture
Example Sentences
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Because they travel at 17,500 miles an hour, Mr. Ariosto writes, they can “puncture a space suit or damage a satellite.”
After visiting an optician who identified a problem with his optic nerve and referred him to a neurologist, George received an MRI and lumbar puncture which confirmed his MS diagnosis in March 2022.
From BBC
In any event, the myth has been punctured.
From Los Angeles Times
A California Highway Patrol cruiser was punctured by metal.
From Los Angeles Times
Anna May exhaled a long, exasperated breath that sounded like a punctured tire.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
