Synonyms of puncturing

puncturing

verb

present participle of puncture

1

as in piercing

to make a hole or series of holes in

a nail punctured the tire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• piercing
• drilling
• punching
• poking
• perforating
• riddling
• holing
• tapping
• boring
• cutting
• penetrating
• pricking
• breaking
• slashing
• splitting
• excavating
• broaching
• rupturing
• gouging
• slitting
• prickling
• rending
• hollowing
• grooving
• notching
• burrowing (into)
• gashing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• filling
• sealing
• plugging
• patching

2

as in stabbing

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object

I could never puncture my own skin with a hypodermic needle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stabbing
• piercing
• jabbing
• picking
• sticking
• pecking
• spitting
• impaling
• spearing
• skewering
• poking
• lancing
• punching
• slicing
• spiking
• harpooning
• transfixing
• goring
• pinking
• running through
• perforating
• pricking
• transpiercing
• riddling
• cutting
• spindling
• thrusting
• bayoneting
• knifing
• bayonetting
• quilling
• piking
• pronging
• gimleting
• dirking
• pinpricking
• poniarding