Definition of "puncture" [punc•ture]

• To pierce with a pointed object. (verb-transitive)
• To make (a hole) by piercing. (verb-transitive)
• To cause to collapse by piercing. (verb-transitive)
• To depreciate or deflate: cutting remarks that punctured my ego. (verb-transitive)
• To be pierced or punctured. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "AngioDynamics said in the FDA report that such a puncture is a "possible complication" of any such operation."
• "And with the galvanised metal, it's rigid and easy to store or, as you say, repurpose for the rest of the year and it will never get a puncture from a stone."
• "It is commonly called puncture vine or caltrop fruit."