PUNCTURING Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

puncturing

verb

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present participle of puncture

as in piercing

to make a hole or series of holes in a nail punctured the tire

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as in stabbing

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object I could never puncture my own skin with a hypodermic needle

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Recent Examples of puncturing Shloime Rand, 34, was stabbed in the chest outside a synagogue, puncturing his lung, and Norman Shine, 76, who was wearing a traditional Jewish skullcap, was stabbed in the neck at a bus stop. —

Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026 In Famesick, Dunham says Driver would habitually yell on set, once even throwing a chair against the wall next to her and puncturing the wall of his trailer with a fist. —

Anna Zucca, Vanity Fair, 15 Apr. 2026 The tactic has become more popular with smugglers as police on the beaches try to thwart crossings by puncturing the rafts that groups of migrants have to inflate and carry to the water. —

ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026 Iranian strikes on the city now appear to be puncturing the cycle, putting pressure on residential and commercial property prices — and on the people whose jobs depend on them. —

Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 7 Apr. 2026 Wi-Fi 7's puncturing capability is designed to isolate the interference, enabling devices to use the remainder of the channel. —

Iyaz Akhtar, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026 Riachi created the custom travertine fireplace with a walnut surround, puncturing it with vertical openings and linear alabaster wall sconces to echo the screens in the entrance hall. —

Amy Bradford, Architectural Digest, 29 Mar. 2026 Production quirks like volume and pitch changes, multiple beat switches, brash sonic redirections punctuated by everything from samples of glass shattering to synth stabs puncturing through sheaths of filters, make for a kind of chaotic symphony that feels deliriously of the moment. —

Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026 Traditionally, Oscars hosts have been at their best when puncturing the pretensions of the stars in attendance, but for the most part, host Conan O’Brien bought into their sense of their own righteousness. —

Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026

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Thawing ice along a riverbank, the shallows capturing the reflection of one of the grandchildren; the burning flame of a wick disappearing into a birthday cake; the deep, dark tunnel of a fleeting set of train tracks, as piercing as the endless blue eyes of the toddler in the diptych beside it.

— Casey Cep, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
This tank, more than any of its Allied counterparts, sent German designers back to the drawing board to produce the next generation of tanks that featured heavier armor and higher-velocity cannons with greater range and armor-piercing capability.

— Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026