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perforate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of perforate

to make a hole or series of holes in

he perforated the sheet with his pencil and put it in his binder

Synonyms of perforate

bore, drill, hole, pierce, punch, puncture, riddle

Words Related to perforate

poke, prick, prickle

burrow (into), excavate, gouge, groove, hollow

break, cut, gash, notch, rend, rupture, slash, slit, split

Near Antonyms of perforate

fill, patch, plug, seal

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