Synonyms of puncturing

puncturing

verb

present participle of puncture

1

as in piercing

to make a hole or series of holes in

a nail punctured the tire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• piercing
• drilling
• punching
• poking
• perforating
• riddling
• holing
• tapping
• boring
• cutting
• penetrating
• pricking
• breaking
• slashing
• splitting
• excavating
• broaching
• rupturing
• gouging
• slitting
• prickling
• rending
• hollowing
• grooving
• notching
• burrowing (into)
• gashing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• filling
• sealing
• plugging
• patching

2

as in stabbing

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object

I could never puncture my own skin with a hypodermic needle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stabbing
• piercing
• jabbing
• picking
• sticking
• pecking
• spitting
• impaling
• spearing
• skewering
• poking
• lancing
• punching
• slicing
• spiking
• harpooning
• transfixing
• goring
• running through
• perforating
• pinking
• pricking
• transpiercing
• riddling
• cutting
• spindling
• thrusting
• bayoneting
• knifing
• quilling
• piking
• pronging
• gimleting
• dirking
• pinpricking
• poniarding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of puncturing

In fact, Fielder says, Blaine was literally stabbing his hand, puncturing his own flesh to create the illusion of an illusion. — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2026

Executioners spent more than two hours trying to find a vein, possibly puncturing his bladder before giving up. — Keri Blakinger, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2026

The shrapnel tore through the metal surrounding the engine, shattering the window at row 11, leaving a dent in the plane near row 8 and puncturing the body below the wing, as well as gouging and denting the tail, the NTSB said. — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

According to the company website, the glove is designed to disrupt sensory nerves without puncturing or burning the skin. — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2026

It’s been a classic staple over decades of British comedy, which from Basil Fawlty to David Brent has rejoiced in puncturing pomposity to reveal idiocy and incompetence. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026

Think of it as a stamp that presses into the top layer of your skin, and deposits pigment instead of puncturing the skin thousands of times. — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 6 Aug. 2026

As the spacecraft closed in, the video follows Mars steadily expanding to reveal numerous craters puncturing its surface, the ancient double-ringed Huygens crater and the south polar ice cap before receding in the spacecraft's rearview. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 22 July 2026

On June 3, Walden went to the hospital, where a CT scan revealed the metal bristle had become lodged in his bowel and had begun puncturing his intestine. — Nick Lunemann, CBS News, 30 June 2026