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

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

Where there’s normally carpet or hardwood floors, there are rocks, puncturing bare feet with each step. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 25 June 2026

As Molloy gradually succeeds in puncturing Lestat’s aloof, arrogant outer shell, his sound correspondingly shifts from assaultive punk to more contemplative ballads. — Alison Herman, Variety, 7 June 2026

Better known by her pseudonymous social media handle Jerry Gogosian, Helphenstein left behind a complicated legacy, puncturing art world pieties with both satirical and serious memes and occasionally making inflammatory statements. — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 3 June 2026

Officials say there's still time to mitigate the explosion by puncturing Timmy's carcass or cutting the vessel open completely. — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026

Memories linger from past hurricanes with limbs puncturing roofs, car windows smashed and lives disrupted. — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026

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