perforate
verb (used with object)
to make a hole or holes through by boring, punching, piercing, or the like.
have perforated
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present perfectof perforate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The SHU is divided into concrete windowless cells, which have perforated doors that allow small streaks of light inside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2015
Mostly they advertise sponsors, but they also serve to cover holes where exploding engine parts have perforated the body metal and to announce matters of personal philosophy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Just before the trident would have perforated him, Jason’s ventus acted on its own.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
In Ireland several of these small cups have perforated walls, while some have handles.
From The Bronze Age in Ireland by George Coffey
The rest of the bundle is made up of nearly uniform, rather thin-walled, colorless cells, some of which, however, are larger, and have perforated cross-walls, representing the sieve tubes of the fern bundle.
From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Douglas Houghton Campbell
