Definition as Verb

• make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation
• pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance

Definition as Adjective

• having a hole cut through

• pierced, perforated, punctured

• punch

• penetrate

• "pierced ears"; "a perforated eardrum"; "a punctured balloon"

• "perforate the sheets of paper"

• "The bullet penetrated her chest"

• Perforate vs pierced
• Perforate vs perforated
• Perforate vs punctured
• Perforate vs punch
• Perforate vs penetrate