Synonyms of punctured

punctured

verb

past tense of puncture

1

as in pierced

to make a hole or series of holes in

a nail punctured the tire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pierced
• drilled
• punched
• poked
• holed
• perforated
• riddled
• bored
• tapped
• penetrated
• pricked
• cut
• broke
• slashed
• broached
• excavated
• ruptured
• gouged
• hollowed
• split
• grooved
• slit
• prickled
• notched
• gashed
• rended
• rent
• burrowed (into)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• filled
• sealed
• patched
• plugged

2

as in stabbed

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object

I could never puncture my own skin with a hypodermic needle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stabbed
• pierced
• jabbed
• picked
• stuck
• pecked
• impaled
• speared
• poked
• skewered
• lanced
• harpooned
• spitted
• gored
• punched
• sliced
• transfixed
• spiked
• pinked
• ran through
• perforated
• transpierced
• riddled
• pricked
• spindled
• cut
• bayoneted
• knifed
• thrust
• bayonetted
• pronged
• gimleted
• pinpricked
• quilled
• piked
• dirked
• poniarded