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perforated adjective [ ˈpəːfəreɪtɪd ]

• pierced with a hole or holes.
• "the walls are clad in perforated leather panels"

perforate verb

• pierce and make a hole or holes in.
• "there is a very small risk of the scope perforating the colon"
Similar: pierce, penetrate, enter, puncture, prick, bore through, riddle, hole, make/punch/put holes in,
Origin: late Middle English (as an adjective): from Latin perforat- ‘pierced through’, from the verb perforare, from per- ‘through’ + forare ‘pierce’.


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