perforate
2 synonyms for perforate, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈpɜː.fə.ɹeɪt/
Synonyms
Everyday swaps
Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Etymology
The adjective is first attested in 1425, in Middle English, the verb in 1538; from Middle English perforat(e) (“perforated, pierced”), borrowed from Latin perforātus, the perfect passive participle of perforō (“to bore or pierce through, to perforate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)...
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