perforate
verb (used with object)
to make a hole or holes through by boring, punching, piercing, or the like.
perforates
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present tense formof perforate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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At its deepest point, the cut perforates about 3 inches into the tree’s trunk.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024
Complications include chronic pain and mesh erosion, where the device cuts through tissue and perforates organs.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2022
Apollo 13 13: During Elon Musk’s maiden voyage, his ego becomes so big that it perforates the spaceship’s hull, necessitating a dangerous rescue.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2018
“Putting all this extra stitching in one place, however, actually perforates the fabric so I spread out the reinforcement stitching, forming an ‘X’ at each stress point.”
From Slate ● Dec. 26, 2012
But it is supposed that fashion perforates the eyelids and looks through.
From Malbone: an Oldport Romance by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
