puncture
noun
[ ˈpʌŋ(k)tʃə ]
• a small hole in a tyre resulting in an escape of air.
• "she was on her way home when she had a puncture"
Similar:
flat tyre,
flat,
puncture
verb
• make a puncture in (something).
• "one of the knife blows had punctured a lung"
Similar:
make a hole in,
pierce,
penetrate,
rupture,
perforate,
riddle,
stab,
cut,
nick,
slit,
prick,
spike,
stick,
impale,
transfix,
bore (through),
drill (through),
lance,
tap,
decompress,
depressurize,
deflate,
• cause a sudden collapse of (mood or feeling).
• "the earlier mood of optimism was punctured"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin punctura, from punct- ‘pricked’, from the verb pungere . The verb dates from the late 17th century.
