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
Then the master roll is placed on the production perforator, which can punch out more than 30 finished rolls at a time.
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
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
This was done in a special machine of Edison's invention, called a perforator, consisting of a series of punches operated by a bank of keys—typewriter fashion.
From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer
