perforate
verb (used with object)
to make a hole or holes through by boring, punching, piercing, or the like.
perforator
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a word derived from
perforate.
Example Sentences
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It receives a typed replica of the editors' copy from New York to be used as a guide for the printer and proofreader after the perforator unit has done its work.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now, as the drill bit touched 10,620 ft., the drillers had brought in the gun perforator to shoot 60 half-inch cartridges through the heavy steel casing.
From Time Magazine Archive
The key machine in this unique operation is the teletypesetter perforator, which looks like a glorified electric typewriter.
From Time Magazine Archive
By literally shooting out the oil with a gadget called a gun perforator, Lane-Wells has increased the yield of U.S. wells by an estimated $200 million.
From Time Magazine Archive
Later this rather primitive perforator was supplanted by one equipped with a full keyboard on the order of a typewriter keyboard.
From Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty by Walter Kellogg Towers
