puncture

Definitions

General English

• verb to make a small hole in something

Cars & Driving

• noun a hole in a tyre made by a sharp object and causing loss of air pressure.

Electronics

• A disruptive electrical discharge through an insulator, dielectric, or other material separating circuits. Also called breakdown (2).
• A hole or depression made by a pointed object. Also, to make such a hole or depression.

Medical

• noun a neat hole made by a sharp instrument
• noun the making of a hole in an organ or swelling to take a sample of the contents or to remove fluid
• verb to make a hole in tissue with a sharp instrument

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Contexts for “puncture”

7 definitions in context
• General English
• Cars & Driving
• Electronics
• Medical