perforate
verb (used with object)
to make a hole or holes through by boring, punching, piercing, or the like.
had perforated
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past perfectof perforate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Brian Rooney, 35, suffered a heart attack outside the Royal Victoria Hospital's emergency department after his bowel had perforated at home.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2025
Shelling had perforated the facade of his three-story home with scores of holes, from the front steps to the parapet.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2021
Mrs. Smith later charged in a malpractice suit that Dr. Penn himself had perforated her stomach and after repairing it, failed to conduct a standard test to make sure he had succeeded.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2014
True, even on his own service at the University of Minnesota hospitals, two patients have had perforated gastric ulcers after freezing, and a few have needed transfusions to tide them over temporary bleeding.
From Time Magazine Archive
"It is nothing,—a spent shot, and no more," said Kate, as she showed the bullet which had perforated her dress beneath the arm.
From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) by Charles James Lever
