puncture

“puncture a tire”

Types:: scarify
puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals

“puncture a hole”

“puncture an air balloon”

“The tire punctured”

Type of:: break, come apart, fall apart, separate, split up
become separated into pieces or fragments

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; centesis
(surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid; perforation
the act of punching a hole (especially a row of holes as for ease of separation); prick, pricking
the act of puncturing with a small point; venipuncture
(medicine) puncture of a vein through the skin in order to withdraw blood for analysis or to start an intravenous drip or to inject medication or a radiopaque dye; abdominocentesis, paracentesis
centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis; amnio, amniocentesis
(pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities; arthrocentesis
removal of fluid from a joint by centesis; celiocentesis
removal of fluid from the abdomen by centesis; lumbar puncture, spinal puncture, spinal tap
removal by centesis of fluid from the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region of the spinal cord for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes; thoracentesis, thoracocentesis
removal of fluid from the chest by centesis for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes

Types:: pinhole
a small puncture that might have been made by a pin; pinprick
small puncture (as if made by a pin)

DEFINITIONS OF: puncture