perforate

Example Sentences

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You can put them in perforated plastic bags to retain moisture but maintain air flow.

From Salon

Dylan was readmitted to hospital on 10 December, and died on 14 December from septic shock, with multi-organ disfunction caused by a perforated appendix.

From BBC

Students smiled and laughed as they perforated a plastic bottle to dribble water onto the plants’ roots.

From Seattle Times

In a preprint study posted last month on bioRxiv, researchers reported using CT scans of skulls of 45 dog breeds to measure a bony structure, the cribriform plate, that is perforated by olfactory nerves.

From Science Magazine

Then, they used those models to measure the area of a bony structure in the skull known as the cribriform plate, which is perforated by olfactory nerves that shuttle scent information to the brain.

From Science Magazine