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as in puncture
a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrument
during the lesson the boy absentmindedly made perforations in his paper with his pencil
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as in aperture
a place in a surface allowing passage into or through a thing
poked the button through a perforation in the fabric
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Recent Examples of perforation
The upper features full grain waterproof leather with pinked edges, a polished toe cap, and wingtip perforations that nod to heritage menswear.
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Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 12 July 2025
The numbers are the Knighted Eras font with Polaris star perforations.
—Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 June 2025
Feedback from an awake patient also aids in avoiding perforation.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 1 Feb. 2025
The scan also showed a perforation in the esophagus.
—ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025
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Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 12 July 2025
The numbers are the Knighted Eras font with Polaris star perforations.
—Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 June 2025
Feedback from an awake patient also aids in avoiding perforation.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 1 Feb. 2025
The scan also showed a perforation in the esophagus.
—ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perforation
Noun
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The bite left behind small puncture wounds and bruising on Corale’s leg.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
6 Aug. 2025
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Castro-Cruz was found in the basement stairwell with a puncture wound to the chest, police sources said.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
5 Aug. 2025
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The aperture is widening, bringing creation into the hands of more people.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Combined, the ground-to-space radio telescope network formed an interferometer with a baseline (i.e., its virtual aperture) that was five times the diameter of Earth, and this enabled sensational resolving power.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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One Netherlands international, according to the police, allowed his Porsche to be used by criminals and the car ended up riddled with bullet holes.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
17 Aug. 2025
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Gordon, hitting holes hard with his physical running style, sparked the run game in the second half.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Aug. 2025
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“Perforation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perforation. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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