puncture

puncture
Synonyms and related words:
abrade, abrasion, acupunctuation, acupuncture, auger, bark, belie, birthmark, bite, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, bloody, blotch, blow sky-high, blow up, bore, boring, brand, break, bring up short, broach, burn, caste mark, cave, cave in, chafe, chalk, chalk up, check, check off, checkmark, chip, cicatrix, cicatrize, claw, collapse, concussion, countersink, crack, crackle, craze, cut, dapple, dash, define, deflate, delimit, demarcate, destroy, discolor, discoloration, disconfirm, discourage, discredit, disillusion, disprove, dot, drill, drill hole, earmark, empierce, empiercement, engrave, engraving, explode, expose, fall in, fix, fixing, flash burn, fleck, flick, fold, fold up, fracture, fray, frazzle, freckle, fret, gall, gash, go through, gore, goring, gouge, gouge out, graving, hack, hatch, hole, honeycomb, humble, hurt, impale, impalement, implode, impress, imprint, incise, incision, injure, injury, invalidate, jab, jot, lacerate, laceration, lance, lancing, leak, lentigo, lesion, line, macula, maim, make a mark, make mincemeat of, mark, mark off, mark out, marking, maul, mole, mortal wound, mottle, mutilate, mutilation, needle, negate, negative, nevus, nick, notch, opening, patch, pencil, penetrate, penetration, pepper, perforate, perforation, pierce, piercing, pink, point, polka dot, prick, pricking, print, prove the contrary, punch, punching, punctuate, puncturing, ream, ream out, rend, rent, riddle, rip, ruin, run, run through, rupture, savage, scald, scar, scarification, scarify, scorch, score, scotch, scrape, scratch, scratching, scuff, seal, seam, second-degree burn, shoot, show up, skewer, skewering, skin, slash, slit, sore, spear, speck, speckle, spike, spit, splash, splotch, spot, sprain, stab, stab wound, stabbing, stain, stamp, stick, stigma, stigmatize, strain, strawberry mark, streak, striate, stripe, tap, tattoo, tattoo mark, tear, terebration, third-degree burn, tick, tick off, tittle, trace, transfix, transfixation, transfixion, transforation, transpierce, trauma, traumatize, trepan, trepanning, trephine, trephining, undercut, underline, underscore, watermark, wound, wounds immedicable, wrench

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  • Puncture — may mean:*A wound caused by such objects as nails or needles **A puncture wound to the lungs may cause tension pneumothorax **A puncture wound to the heart may cause cardiac tamponade *Penetration or leakage of any other object, especially a… …   Wikipedia

  • -puncture — ou poncture ♦ Élément, du lat. punctura « piqûre ». ⇒ PUNCTURE, élém. formant Élém. tiré du lat. punctura « piqûre », entrant dans la constr. de qq. subst. fém. désignant, en méd., des méthodes de thérapeutique ou de diagnostic par implantation d …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Puncture — Punc ture, n. [L. punctura, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See {Pungent}.] 1. The act of puncturing; perforating with something pointed. [1913 Webster] 2. A small hole made by a point; a slight wound, bite, or sting; as, the puncture of a nail,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Puncture — Punc ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Punctured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Puncturing}.] To pierce with a small, pointed instrument, or the like; to prick; to make a puncture in; as, to puncture the skin. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • puncture — [n] hole, rupture break, cut, damage, flat, flat tire*, jab, leak, nick, opening, perforation, prick, slit, stab; concepts 309,513,674 puncture [v1] poke hole in bore, cut, cut through, deflate, drill, go down, go flat, knife, lacerate, lance,… …   New thesaurus

  • puncture — [puŋk′chər] n. [ME < L punctura, a pricking < L pungere, to pierce: see POINT] 1. the act or an instance of perforating or piercing 2. a hole made by a sharp point, as in an automobile tire, the skin, etc. vt. punctured, puncturing 1. to… …   English World dictionary

  • puncture — ► NOUN ▪ a small hole caused by a sharp object, especially one in a tyre. ► VERB 1) make a puncture in. 2) cause a sudden collapse of (a mood, feeling, etc.). ORIGIN Latin punctura, from pungere to prick …   English terms dictionary

  • puncture — index break (fracture), debunk, enter (penetrate), lancinate, penetrate, pierce (lance) …   Law dictionary

  • puncture — ● puncture nom féminin (latin punctura, piqûre) Piqûre effectuée dans un dessein diagnostique ou thérapeutique, en particulier dans le cadre de l acupuncture …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • puncture — late 14c., from L.L. punctura a pricking, from L. punctus, prop. pp. of pungere to prick, pierce (see PUNGENT (Cf. pungent)). The verb is from 1690s. Related: Punctured; puncturing …   Etymology dictionary

  • puncture — vb *perforate, punch, prick, bore, drill Analogous words: pierce, penetrate (see ENTER): deflate, shrink (see CONTRACT vb) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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