as in to pierce
to make a hole or series of holes in
he perforated the sheet with his pencil and put it in his binder
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Recent Examples of perforate
Grater-style zesters employ the same principle as a standard food or cheese grater and sport a longer metal shaft perforated with numerous small holes.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025
To remove anything securing the cardboard together, either use a sharp tool, such as a box cutter, to carefully perforate the tape at the edges, or use a flathead screwdriver to pop out staples.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 7 Mar. 2025
Experimental reenactments suggested that, at Little Muck Shelter, trimming ostrich-eggshell beads before perforating them was slightly more successful than perforating before trimming.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
The $65 book’s canvas hardcover is perforated to offer glimpses of campaign images and product details.
—Joelle Diderich, WWD, 26 Feb. 2025
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025
To remove anything securing the cardboard together, either use a sharp tool, such as a box cutter, to carefully perforate the tape at the edges, or use a flathead screwdriver to pop out staples.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 7 Mar. 2025
Experimental reenactments suggested that, at Little Muck Shelter, trimming ostrich-eggshell beads before perforating them was slightly more successful than perforating before trimming.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
The $65 book’s canvas hardcover is perforated to offer glimpses of campaign images and product details.
—Joelle Diderich, WWD, 26 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for perforate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perforate
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She was found on the ground near the lifeguard stand with an umbrella stake that had pierced the front of her left shoulder and was sticking out the back of her arm by about 1 foot, Asbury Park Fire Chief Kevin Keddy told ABC News.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
25 June 2025
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The scepter pierced the ground of the Huanacaure mountain, and so rose the glimmering empire of Cuzco.—
Ana Karina Zatarain,
New Yorker,
21 June 2025
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Trump also wrote on social media calling on the Department of Energy to drill quickly.—
Rachel Frazin,
The Hill,
23 June 2025
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There was Ben Sheppard drilling a 3-pointer from the top of the key as the third quarter expired that nearly blew the roof off the Fieldhouse.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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On the witness stand, Ventura described Combs stomping on her face in the back of an Escalade in 2009 and kicking and punching her repeatedly over the years.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
27 June 2025
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Following this method ensures deer make it into the plot before dark, which is an obvious prerequisite to punching a tag.—
Josh Honeycutt,
Outdoor Life,
26 June 2025
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“Perforate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perforate. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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