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
There are no strings, but the head of the racquet is perforated.
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Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
Some pizza pans are perforated with small holes.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
Nemo’s Roamer perforated the interior foam and added a pad coupling system.
—Wes Siler, Outside, 27 Aug. 2025
Both sheets would be heavily perforated to cut down on weight.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
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Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
Some pizza pans are perforated with small holes.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
Nemo’s Roamer perforated the interior foam and added a pad coupling system.
—Wes Siler, Outside, 27 Aug. 2025
Both sheets would be heavily perforated to cut down on weight.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for perforate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perforate
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In April, Kismet by Milka opened a London flagship at 110 New Bond Street, which spans 1,500 square feet across two floors with two piercing studios.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
2 Oct. 2025
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Touches five and six are merely the cajoling preamble to the pièce de résistance, aka touch seven, a piercing through ball which splits defender Goncalo Inacio and backtracking forward Geny Catamo like a warm bread knife through a ciabatta roll straight out of Mama’s oven.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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While cracks and surface defects caused by traffic and environmental stress are easy to spot, detecting micro-cracks and damage in the lower layers still requires drilling and extracting core samples.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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Drill and drill adjacent artists like G Herbo and Lil Durk at time reflect the traumatic toll of the streets; artists like Chance and noname provide a sober-eyed view of the external fallout.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
30 Sep. 2025
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Bubba purposefully knocks a girl down with a dodgeball, and when Mary tells him to stop being mean, Bubba punches her.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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While they were lined up, members put on boxing gloves and took turns punching the pledges four times in the chest, according to the petition.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Perforate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perforate. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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