as in to pierce
to make a hole or series of holes in
he perforated the sheet with his pencil and put it in his binder
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Recent Examples of perforate
Cámara uses a HexClad grill pan, evenly perforated with small round holes, to char her homegrown chiles, tomatoes, and aromatics for salsas.
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Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
This six-piece bathroom accessory set is very handsome (thank you, Sarah Sherman Samuel), with a travertine base and perforated detailing to level up the sophistication.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 2 Apr. 2026
The silicon chip is perforated with rows of triangular holes—some 264 micrometers wide, others 99 µm in size.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Feb. 2026
So too were perforated and extended earlobes, in older men and women hanging down well below their chins like fleshy rings.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
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Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
This six-piece bathroom accessory set is very handsome (thank you, Sarah Sherman Samuel), with a travertine base and perforated detailing to level up the sophistication.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 2 Apr. 2026
The silicon chip is perforated with rows of triangular holes—some 264 micrometers wide, others 99 µm in size.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Feb. 2026
So too were perforated and extended earlobes, in older men and women hanging down well below their chins like fleshy rings.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perforate
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If Bruce Springsteen’s greatest gift was mythologizing the existential open graves swallowing up blue-collar workers, Mellencamp’s was his piercing ability to at once celebrate and dismantle agrarian fantasy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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Lockwood’s music instills joy in listening, and such revitalized desire leaves your body freshly tender, sensitive to whatever pierces the ear.—
Joshua Minsoo Kim,
Pitchfork,
28 Apr. 2026
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Then Toluca goalkeeper Luis García watched as Tillman drilled a running header just wide.—
Josh Gross,
Daily News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Dani Weatherholt drilled a shot past Casey Murphy in the 53rd minute and then Ashley Sanchez evened up the game in the 76th minute.—
Boston Herald staff,
Boston Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
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The Pistons punched back with a 20-5 run as the Magic at one point missed 13 straight shots from the floor.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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Brown again pulls his hands away from the cops before Maden starts punching him.—
Sheetal Banchariya,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Perforate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perforate. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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