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• v  make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation
  perforate the sheets of paper
• v  pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
• s  having a hole cut through
  a perforated eardrum

• They were designed to perforate skin and flesh of anybody locked inside, but not deep enough to puncture any vital organs.
• Robert Towne's plot recalls the old James Cagney melodramas in which righteous Pat O'Brien fought for his soul and rotten Humphrey Bogart tried to perforate his body.
• Disston knives, files and other tools cut sugar beets, chop gunpowder, smooth bricks, polish playing-card backs, perforate newspapers, slice caramels.

• punch
• penetrate
• pierced
• perforated
• punctured

News & Articles

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• NCS Energy Services Showcases Success in Permian Basin with Arrington Oil & Gas
  NCS Energy Services, an independent technology and services company specializing in multistage completions, today announced the results of a case study comparison by Arrington Oil & Gas of the NCS Multistage UnlimitedTM coiled-tubing-deployed frac-isolation system with the traditional plug-and-perforate method.
  Feb. 6, 2014 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Erich Segal in Toronto Star
  By the middle of the second period, we were beating Dartmouth 0-0,wrote Segal. "That is, Davey Johnston and I were about to perforate their nets."
• Émile N'Tamack in Daily Mail
  I have followed Francois for several years,said Ntamack. "He's never been afraid to perforate defences and he is difficult to bring down. His defence has improved a lot and he's a real influence."