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punctured

/ˈpʌŋktʃərd/ /ˈpʌŋktʃərəd/

Meanings
verb
To pierce; to break through; to tear a hole.

Examples :

"The needle punctured the balloon instantly."
action condition

Related Words

Illustration tear

tear noun

/tɪr/ /tɛr/

A hole or break caused by tearing.

"A small tear is easy to mend, if it is on the seam."

Illustration needle

needle noun

/ˈniː.dl/

A fine, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, etc.

"The seamstress threaded the needle to sew on a button."

Illustration instantly

instantly adverb

/ˈɪnstəntli/

At once; without delay.

"The alarm clock went off, and I instantly jumped out of bed. "

Illustration through

through noun

/θɹuː/ /θɹu/

A large slab of stone laid in a dry-stone wall from one side to the other; a perpend.

"The dry-stone wall used a large, flat through to support the top stones. "

Illustration pierce

pierce verb

/pɪəs/ /pɪɹs/

To puncture; to break through

"The diver pierced the surface of the water with scarcely a splash."

Illustration break

break noun

/bɹeɪk/

An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.

"The femur has a clean break and so should heal easily."

Illustration to

to adverb

/tʉː/ /tuː/ /tu/

Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

"Please push the door to."

Illustration the

the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

Illustration hole

hole noun

/həʊl/ /hoʊl/

A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure.

"There’s a hole in my shoe.  Her stocking has a hole in it."

Illustration a

a noun

/æɪ/ /eɪ/ /ə/ /ɔ/

The name of the Latin script letter A/a.

"My teacher wrote the letter "a" on the board to demonstrate its shape. "

Illustration balloon

balloon noun

/bəˈluːn/ /bəˈlun/

An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.

"The children held their colorful balloons high as they walked home from school. "