1. Having a hole cut through
   "a punctured balloon";
   - pierced, perforated, perforate

1. Pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into
   "puncture a tire"
    
2. Make by piercing
   "puncture a hole"
    
3. Cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing
   "puncture an air balloon"
    
4. Be pierced or punctured
   "The tire punctured"
    
5. Reduce or lessen the size or importance of
   "The bad review of his work punctured his self-confidence";
   - deflate

See also: cut

Type of: break, come apart, create, decompress, deprecate, depreciate, depressurise [Brit], depressurize, fall apart, make, pierce, separate, split up, vilipend [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Punctured