Synonym: bore, impale, penetrate, perforate, pierce, stab. Similar words: acupuncture, juncture, punctual, punctuate, tincture, compunction, unctuous, punctilious. Meaning: ['pʌŋktʃə(r)] n. 1. loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object 2. a small hole made by a sharp object 3. the act of puncturing or perforating. v. 1. pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into 2. make by piercing 3. reduce or lessen the size or importance of 4. cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing 5. be pierced or punctured.
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1 My bicycle had a puncture and needed patching up.
2 I'm sorry I'm late: My car had a puncture.
3 Somebody helped me mend the puncture.
4 I got a puncture on the way and arrived late.
5 She was cycling home when she had a puncture .
6 The tyre had a slow puncture and had to be pumped up every day.
7 Pressurized container - do not puncture.
8 She suffered a puncture in the fifth lap.
9 Failure did not puncture my confidence.
10 An instrument called a trocar makes a puncture in the abdominal wall.
11 The tyre is guaranteed never to puncture or go flat.
12 She had used a screwdriver to puncture two holes in the lid of a paint tin.
13 She had a puncture wound in her arm, from a wasp sting.
14 I had a puncture on the way and arrived late.
15 He's patching the bike tyre that got a puncture yesterday.
16 I've got a puncture and my spare is flat too!
17 There were four small puncture marks on her wrist where the cat had bitten her.
18 Under the left, just visible, was a minute puncture.
19 Deep puncture wounds or animal bites anywhere.
20 Take care not to puncture the uterine wall.
21 Gonick's books puncture the myths about American history.
22 These dead sheep had only puncture wounds.
23 Who will be brave enough to puncture the Reaganite dream, while blocking the Buchanan nightmare?
24 His advice should also be sought for all puncture wounds and lacerations regarding any measures needed to avoid tetanus.
25 We had various problems on our journey, including a puncture.
26 Be careful with sharp objects that could carry blood or other body fluids in case they puncture the skin.
27 He drove the blade upwards with one powerful thrust, feeling it puncture skin,[www.Sentencedict.com] rip through muscle and crash into teeth.
28 The doctor was worried that the broken rib might puncture the woman's lung.
29 He knew how to change the washer on a tap, and make pastry, and mend a bicycle puncture.
30 She was on her way home from a school governors' meeting when she had a puncture.
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