puncture

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Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der.

Proto-Italic *pungō

Latin pungō

Latin pūnctus

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?

Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?

Latin -tūra

Late Latin punctūrabor.

English puncture

Borrowed from Late Latin punctūra.

The act or an instance of puncturing.
A hole, cut, or tear created by a sharp object. There were two small punctures in his arm where the snake's fangs had pierced the skin.
specifically A hole in a vehicle's tyre, causing the tyre to deflate. On the way back we got a puncture, and we were stuck at the roadside for three hours until help arrived.

To pierce; to break through; to tear a hole. The needle punctured the balloon instantly.
To destroy the vitality or strength of. The woebegone children have their aspirations slowly snuffed. Grace’s artistic dreams (of animation, of course) are punctured by her isolated existence; Gilbert’s pyrophilia is smothered by religious extremism.