perforate
verb
• pierce and make a hole or holes in.
• "there is a very small risk of the scope perforating the colon"
perforate
adjective
• perforated.
• "a perforate shell"
Origin:
late Middle English (as an adjective): from Latin perforat- ‘pierced through’, from the verb perforare, from per- ‘through’ + forare ‘pierce’.
