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as in puncture
a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrument
during the lesson the boy absentmindedly made perforations in his paper with his pencil
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as in aperture
a place in a surface allowing passage into or through a thing
poked the button through a perforation in the fabric
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Recent Examples of perforation
The stretchy patch pulls in the sweat through perforations to a reservoir.
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IEEE Spectrum, 20 July 2018
However, 5-10% of people develop complications from the procedure, such as infection of the gallbladder or bile ducts, excessive bleeding, perforation (injury) to the bile ducts, pancreas, duodenum, and pancreatitis.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 28 Nov. 2024
In this case, the doctors theorize that the tick may have bitten the woman's eardrum, creating a tiny tear or perforation that allowed the saliva enzymes to inflame the tissue.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Though rare, copper IUDs may cause more serious side effects, such as uterine perforation and pelvic inflammatory disease.3
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—Wendy Wisner, Health, 11 Dec. 2024
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IEEE Spectrum, 20 July 2018
However, 5-10% of people develop complications from the procedure, such as infection of the gallbladder or bile ducts, excessive bleeding, perforation (injury) to the bile ducts, pancreas, duodenum, and pancreatitis.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 28 Nov. 2024
In this case, the doctors theorize that the tick may have bitten the woman's eardrum, creating a tiny tear or perforation that allowed the saliva enzymes to inflame the tissue.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Though rare, copper IUDs may cause more serious side effects, such as uterine perforation and pelvic inflammatory disease.3
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—Wendy Wisner, Health, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perforation
Noun
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The 29-year-old endured a deep puncture wound in her abdomen, severe muscle trauma, and mental and psychological stress in the aftermath, the Associated Press reported.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
24 Feb. 2025
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But the crash in the second run there left her with a puncture wound in her abdomen that kept her out of competition until late January.—
Zack Pierce,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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The higher resolution also comes with a larger sensor and a faster aperture, which should result in better low-light photography.—
Prakhar Khanna,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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Successive Democratic and Republican Administrations have tried to narrow USAID's aperture and graduate countries off assistance, but none have succeeded meaningfully.—
Ted Yoho,
TIME,
13 Feb. 2025
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The second-deepest hole, the German Continental Deep Drilling Programme, stretches 5.6 miles.—
Brent Crane,
The New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2025
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Cracks and ridges in the ice constantly shifted the route to a permanent hole in the ice, named Ocean City, from which Hoppe and her team gathered hundreds of liters of seawater samples and hauled them back to the ship for analysis.—
Asher Elbein,
WIRED,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Perforation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perforation. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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