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puncture
 
Noun puncture has 3 senses
  1. puncture - loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object
    --1 is a kind of     mishap, misadventure, mischance
    Derived forms: verb puncture5, verb puncture4, verb puncture1
  2. puncture - a small hole made by a sharp object
    --2 is a kind of     hole
    --2 has particulars: pinhole; pinprick
    Derived forms: verb puncture5, verb puncture1, verb puncture2
  3. puncture - the act of puncturing or perforating
    --3 is a kind of     activity
    --3 has particulars: centesis; perforation; prick, pricking; venipuncture
    Derived forms: verb puncture5, verb puncture1
Verb puncture has 5 senses
  1. puncture - pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into; "puncture a tire"
    --1 is one way to     pierce
    Derived forms: noun puncture2, noun puncture3, noun puncture1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. puncture - make by piercing; "puncture a hole"
    --2 is one way to     make, create
    Derived form: noun puncture2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. deflate, puncture - reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence"
    --3 is one way to deprecate, depreciate
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. puncture - cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing; "puncture an air balloon"
    --4 is one way to     depressurize, depressurise, decompress
    Derived form: noun puncture1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  5. puncture - be pierced or punctured; "The tire punctured"
    --5 is one way to     break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
    Derived forms: noun puncture1, noun puncture3, noun puncture2
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
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