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• v  pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into
• v  make by piercing
• v  reduce or lessen the size or importance of
• v  cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing
• v  be pierced or punctured
  The tire punctured
• s  having a hole cut through
  a punctured balloon

• Those two punctured grapes, discovered on March 12 in a shipment unloaded from the cargo ship Almeria Star in Philadelphia, forced millions of Americans to ask themselves, however .
• The interior comprises eight stories of open walkways and cutaway walls, punctured with vast circles, triangles and squares that overlook an enclosed promenade.
• Since punctured President Sanchez Cerro was alive last week and not expected to die, Puncturer Melgar knew he had comparatively little to fear.

• puncture
• deflate
• pierced
• perforated
• perforate

News & Articles

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• Man speaks on close call after tree crushes SUV
  A Cleveland County man told Eyewitness News a massive tree was inches from impaling him. Mark Parker was driving through last night's storm when the tree came out of nowhere. He's still shocked he walked away from the accident, unharmed. "It's very humbling," Parker said. He looked at the large hole created in his Jeep's windshield when a tree punctured the glass. It nearly impaled him. He ...
  June 14, 2013 - WSOC-TV Charlotte
• Police: 3 men stole $300K worth of diamonds from independent dealer
  Authorities are searching for three men who attacked and robbed a diamond salesman Thursday night in downtown Pittsburgh. The independent diamond dealer told police he was robbed by three men in the parking garage of the Gateway Towers, an upscale high-rise condominium downtown, about 9:30 p.m. Investigators said at least one of the men had a knife and punctured the salesman's tires after the ...
  June 14, 2013 - WPXI Pittsburgh
• Multiple tires slashed in downtown Burlington
  Burlington police are looking for information on a rash of tire slashings. Jamie LeJeune is one of the victims. She spent her morning learning how to replace a tire. "It was flat tire, flat tire, flat tire just all around," LeJeune said of what she saw early Monday morning. Someone punctured the tires of eight cars parked on Center Street and in a parking lot adjacent to it, according to police ...
  June 11, 2013 - WPTZ Burlington

Quotes

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• Ronald Reagan in Reuters
  After being shoved to the floor of his car by a Secret Service agent, Reagan wrote, "I sat up on the edge of the seat almost paralyzed by pain. Then I began coughing up blood which made both of us think -- yes, I had broken a rib & it had punctured...
• Roman Sebrle in News24
  If the javelin had hit me 10cm to the left, it would have punctured my lung, 20cm higher the throat, which would have been the worst case scenario,said Sebrle, also the world record holder, on his internet site. "Just 1cm higher and it...
• Dennis Quaid in United Press International
  Our kids are bleeding from everyplace that they've punctured :They were working on (our son) Boone, whose belly button would not stop bleeding:blood squirted across the room:. It was blood everywhere,Quaid said. "It was a life-and-death...