I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
puncture a tyre
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The tyre had punctured and had to be replaced.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I could hear the hissing sound of air escaping from the puncture .
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The tyre's gone flat again -- I think we've got a slow puncture .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Biasion's puncture cost him two minutes and he ended the day two minutes and six seconds behind Fiorio.
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Blood was obtained by direct cardiac puncture for cholecystokinin assay.
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Deep puncture wounds or animal bites anywhere.
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He knew how to change the washer on a tap, and make pastry, and mend a bicycle puncture .
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I could see from the four small puncture marks on Fenella's wrist that she had tried to stroke him during lunch.
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Serial lumbar punctures and steroids are frequently used to reduce the intracranial pressure.
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The puncture let air rush in and out, spoiling nature's enclosed vacuum system.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Gonick's books puncture the myths about American history.
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The doctor was worried that the broken rib might puncture the woman's lung.
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Workers accidentally punctured a natural gas main.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Endoscopic removal should not be attempted as the risk of inadvertently puncturing a package is high.
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If you say he's a Leo, you really want to try and puncture his dignity a bit.
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Sitting Bull, punctured so often in the past, was hit seven times.
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Take care not to puncture the uterine wall.
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Their throats had been punctured and their blood drained.
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Who will be brave enough to puncture the Reaganite dream, while blocking the Buchanan nightmare?