Perforation synonyms

pûr'fə-rā'shən

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hole (related)
An opening in or through anything; break; gap
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dehiscence (related)
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slit
A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
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prick
An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object. [from 10th c.]
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stab
A thrust, as with a knife or dagger
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break
(Basketball) fast break
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aperture
(Optics) Something which restricts the diameter of the light path through one plane in an optical system.
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breach
An opening, tear, or rupture.
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gap
A problematic situation resulting from such a disparity:
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rupture
The definition of a rupture is an instance where something bursts or suddenly breaks.
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puncture
A hole made by a sharp point, as in an automobile tire, the skin, etc.
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open (related)
Any of various tournaments, esp. in golf or tennis, open to both professionals and amateurs
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marks (related)
Plural form of mark
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perforated (related)
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gingiva (related)
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anastomosis (related)
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dilatation (related)
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full-thickness (related)
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fistula (related)
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occlusion (related)
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duodenal-ulcer (related)
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protrusion (related)
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pedicle (related)
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stenosis (related)
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Find another word for perforation. In this page you can discover 24 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for perforation, like: hole, dehiscence, slit, prick, stab, break, aperture, breach, gap, rupture and puncture.
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Perforation Sentence Examples

  • A large number of mammals possess a perforation, or foramen, on the inner side of the lower end of the humerus, and also a projection on the shaft of the femur known as the third trochanter.

  • - Amphicoelous; parietals separate; clavicles dilated and with a perforation near the ventral end.

  • the gill-slits may be stated briefly as follows: - (a) the presence of two kinds of branchial bars in all species and also of small cross bars (synapticula) in many species; (s) numerous gill slits, from forty to more 1 - _ than a hundred pairs; (y) the addition of new gill-slits by fresh perforation at the posterior end of the pharynx throughout life.

  • Here the merit of nickel steel is not so much that it resists perforation, as that it does not crack even when deeply penetrated by a projectile.

  • The vertebrae of the neck unite by nearly flat surfaces, the humerus has lost the foramen, or perforation, at the lower end, and the third trochanter to the femur may also be wanting.

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