Punctured

punc·ture  (pngkchr)

v. punc·tured, punc·tur·ing, punc·tures

v.tr.

1. To pierce with a pointed object.

2. To make (a hole) by piercing.

3. To cause to collapse by piercing.

4. To depreciate or deflate: cutting remarks that punctured my ego.

v.intr.

To be pierced or punctured.

n.

1. The act or an instance of puncturing.

2. A hole or depression made by a sharp object, especially a hole in an automotive tire.

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[From Middle English, a pricking, from Late Latin pnctra, from pnctus, past participle of pungere, to prick; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.]

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punctur·a·ble adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

punctured - having a hole cut through; "pierced ears"; "a perforated eardrum"; "a punctured balloon" perforate, perforated, pierced cut - separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument; "the cut surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists"