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Meanings of puncture in English
Synonyms
Examples for "deflate"
Examples for "deflate"
1
Not quite understanding what he meant, I could feel my excitement deflate.
2
Nutrients are used to recondition the lungs as they inflate and deflate.
3
Bush seems to deflate as the conversation swirls this way and that.
4
Typically fishermen will deflate swollen fish by puncturing them with a needle.
5
The picture's baffling swerves do nothing to deflate its final emotional payoff.
Usage of puncture in English
1
One of the injured suffered a puncture wound that was considered serious.
2
Results: There were no complications associated with the percutaneous needle puncture procedure.
3
There's a puncture, and Nick from the support van got to work.
4
But the events after Beijing threatened to puncture his seemingly irresistible rise.
5
In addition, sinus puncture for bacteriologic assessment was required at study entry.
6
I wanted a clean run; I didn't have one puncture or crash.
7
Lumbar puncture for suspected meningitis revealed normal CSF findings in all patients.
8
In days of motoring yore, a puncture was merely an annoying inconvenience.
9
The probability of puncture or discomfort from the points is almost negligible.
10
For 20 minutes Tottenham played like a team with a slow puncture.
11
There was no pain, but one could see clearly the puncture wound.
12
The wound it caused was small, a tiny puncture that hardly bled.
13
MR imaging may be employed as a reliable guide for percutaneous puncture.
14
Another puncture greeted me the next morning, a soft one this time.
15
A diagnostic evaluation including magnetic resonance imaging and lumbar puncture was unrevealing.
16
The results of a lumbar puncture showed baby Isla had bacterial meningitis.
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Puncture through the time
Puncture across language varieties
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common