puncture
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object
Types & categories
- misadventure hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into
puncture a tire
Types & categories
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Sense 3 noun
a small hole made by a sharp object
Types & categories
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Sense 4 verb
make by piercing
puncture a hole
Types & categories
- create hypernym
Related & opposite
- puncture derivation
Sense 5 noun
the act of puncturing or perforating
Types & categories
- activity hypernym
- centesis hyponym
- perforation hyponym
- pricking hyponym
- venipuncture hyponym
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Sense 6 verb
reduce or lessen the size or importance of
The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence
Types & categories
- depreciate hypernym
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- deflator derivation
Sense 7 verb
cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing
puncture an air balloon
Types & categories
- depressurize hypernym
Related & opposite
- puncture derivation
Sense 8 verb
be pierced or punctured
The tire punctured
Types & categories
- come apart hypernym
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | puncture |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | puncture |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | puncture |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | misadventure |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | puncture |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | puncture |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | puncture |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | pierce |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | scarify |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | puncture |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | puncture |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | puncture |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | hole |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pinhole |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pinprick |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | puncture |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | create |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | puncture |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | puncture |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | activity |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | centesis |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | perforation |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | pricking |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | venipuncture |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | deflator |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | depreciate |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | puncture |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | depressurize |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | puncture |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | puncture |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | puncture |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | come apart |