puncture 1 of 2

as in prick
a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrument a leak caused by several small punctures in the rubber gasket

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verb

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Noun
The onboard video from the Racing Bulls car reveals Lawson’s split-second oversteer snap correction played a big part in the collision that left both with punctures. Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025 In his career to date, the Danish-Norwegian director has often pivoted between realism and moments where irony and the surreal puncture the everyday. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
His right ribs were broken and his right lung was punctured as armor-piercing bullets went in one side and out the other. Claire Harbage, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025 In under a few minutes, the device can puncture small microchannels in the skin. Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for puncture
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Verb
  • 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
  • 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
  • The admission came the day after two Jewish worshipers were killed and three others seriously injured in a car ramming and stabbing attack outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in the Manchester suburb of Crumpsall on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism.
    Peter Wilkinson, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • One of the victims had been stabbed several times in the head and was taken to a hospital for treatment, police said.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Theodore and Hanifin are a potent one-two punch.
    Harman Dayal, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • First Impressions The Dyson V11 packs a powerful punch with a small footprint.
    Lauren Arzbaecher, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • Srinivas, who often jabs the search engine giant, made an interesting point.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Winkler took Waddell behind the door he was meant to burst out from and started to jab him.
    Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • People rocked back and forth, some wiping tears with each passing lyric.
    Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2025
  • During closing arguments last week, Agnifilo choked back tears and accused the government of unfairly targeting Combs in a broad overreach of power.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Cowboys poked a hole in the Jets’ balloon after the Hall fumble.
    Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • An alligator’s head could be seen poking out of the water just a few feet away as Whaley prepared to take his shot, but the 30-year-old quickly brought the ball back onto dry land and escaped with par on the 11th green.
    Reuters, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Check out expert picks from our sister sites CNET, ZDNET, Mashable, and Lifehacker.
    Jade Chung-Lee, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Complete our roundup of best basics with something a bit more fashion-forward, too, like a floral blouse from Ulla Johnson or a light wash denim shirt from Nanushka—the fashion girl picks.
    Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Puncture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puncture. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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