punctures in English

noun

1

a small hole in a tire resulting in an escape of air.

she was on her way home when she had a puncture

synonyms: flat tire, flat

verb

1

make a puncture in (something).

one of the knife blows had punctured a lung

synonyms: make a hole in, pierce, rupture, perforate, stab, cut, slit, prick, spike, stick, lance, deflate

2

cause a sudden collapse of (mood or feeling).

the earlier mood of optimism was punctured

synonyms: put an end to, cut short, deflate, reduce

noun

hole, perforation, rupture, cut, slit, leak
flat tire, flat

verb

make a hole in, put an end to, deflate
make a hole in, pierce, rupture, perforate, stab, cut, slit, prick, spike, stick, lance, deflate
put an end to, cut short, deflate, reduce
deflate

Use "punctures" in a sentence

1. Where's the doings for mending punctures?

2. 7 Where's the doings for mending punctures?

3. * pain associated with multiple punctures to locate a vein

4. 7 My car has had two punctures this week.

5. Punctures were made by 18-gauge needles which pierced the areola.

6. SCULLY : Needle punctures, maybe. An animal bite. Electrocution of some kind.

7. Capillary punctures are not suitable for blood culture testing and most coagulation tests

8. It must be unopened and without any damage, including abrasion, delamination, or punctures.

9. There's that moment when the drill first punctures through the wall and there's this plunge.

10. The dance of our glances, the clash, pulling each other through our perceptual punctures,

11. No tumors or punctures in the lungs, no bruising, no sign of trauma, no STDs.

12. Scotland's flower is the setose thistle flower, one kind of leaf belt punctures purple flower.

13. The second option is to treat all Crag-positive patients empirically with fluconazole, without performing any lumbar punctures

14. Cowpea Curculio, Chalcodermus Aeneus Boheman (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) 2 The thorax and elytra are marked with coarse punctures

15. Strategies to reduce the complication rate include prevention of high risk punctures, i.e., hemorrhagic diathesis and pulmonary diseases.

16. The toad is quickly dropped and escapes - with no more than a few minor punctures if it is lucky.

17. 24 It crawls down the vine and enters the soil, whereupon it reaches and punctures the roots for nourishment.

18. One Velociraptor mongoliensis skull bears two parallel rows of small punctures that match the spacing and size of Velociraptor teeth.

19. The amniotic fluid punctures are not harmless and should be carried out only in a few main hospitals according to rigorous vital indication.

20. Regardless of being the arm punctures blue Mao Jianqing, has burnt quiff Wang Da the thunder, likely hit the stimulant to be the same.

21. To achieve this ideal state-of-readiness, skin employs a rapid-response system for patching up everyday wounds (such as bruises, cuts, abrasions, punctures and burns).

22. The Titanic could not turn out of its way in time, and the iceberg scraped along the starboard side of the ship, creating a series of punctures.

23. Bedsore Hospitals are graded on their record for preventing Bedsores, central catheter infections, post-operative hip fractures, post-operative sepsis, as well as accidental punctures or lacerations.

24. Slightly Bisinuate on either side, median lobe produced, nearly rectangular; upper surface closely covered with coarse acicu­ late punctures, interspaces on the sides thickened, reticulate­ strigose

25. A system for use with evacuated, rubber stoppered sample tubes (3) and double-ended needles (1) facilitates blood collecting operations and prevents accidental punctures from contaminated needles after use.

26. Unlike other large Zopherinae, Phellopsis (the only genus in its tribe) one species is strictly eastern (no intertuberculate setae on the hypomeron; lateral margin of pronotum strongly Bisinuate in lateral view; elytral punctures large, discal tubercles less than 1/4 diameter of

27. The entire body of the tire flexes easily, making for a smooth ride on rough surfaces; Less expensive; Good traction at slow speeds and while traveling in a straight line; Thicker sidewall is more resistant to cuts and punctures; Cons of Bias ply Tires

28. Pronotum: longer than wide, widest posteriorly, often narrowed anteriorly, narrower than elytra at humeri; convex; anterior margin straight, lateral margin straight, arcuate, sinuate or Bisinuate, posterior margin Bisinuate; punctation usually dense; a slender, usually slightly elevated strip lacking coarse punctures present in front of scutellum.

29. The Butylenes our members make are the building blocks essential to synthetic elastomers and many different types of rubber (like styrene-butadiene rubber, butyl rubber and polybutadiene rubber), as well as the type of self-healing rubber that can resolve nail damage and other small punctures in tires.

30. Brushings - The procedure of brushing the lining of an organ for the purpose of obtaining cells; Punctures - Inserting a hollow needle into a cavity or organ for the purpose of removal of some portion of the contents (fluid, bone marrow, tissue) Paracentesis - Surgical puncture of a cavity for aspiration of fluid, such as the abdominal cavity