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Adjective punctured has 1 sense

pierced, perforated, perforate, punctured - having a hole cut through; "pierced ears"; "a perforated eardrum"; "a punctured balloon"
Antonym: uncut (indirect, via cut)

Verb puncture has 5 senses

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
puncture - make by piercing; "puncture a hole"
--₂ is one way to make, create

Derived form: noun puncture₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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
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
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