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    Ulcers can perforate the stomach.
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    Realizing that the jagged hunk that he was clinging to might perforate the rafts, Phil pushed it away.  (source)
    perforate = put a hole
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    I wondered why he had those marks on him, His sleeves were perforated with little holes.  (source)
    perforated = pierced repeatedly
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    The patient had a perforated appendix with...  (source)
    perforated = having a hole or holes in something
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    Bullet trails have left wandering perforations down the other.†  (source)
    perforations = small holes -- often used to make it easy to tear a piece of paper along a specific line
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.
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    All three remounted their horses, and set out at a good pace, while Porthos was promising his adversary to perforate him with all the thrusts known in the fencing schools.†  (source)
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    That was the wrong thing to do: I went on down and ended up perforating my eardrum.†  (source)
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    Underneath this is a small perforation.†  (source)
    perforation = a small hole or a series of small holes such as are used to make it easy to tear a piece of paper along a specific line
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    Perforates the intestine and gives you ulcers.†  (source)
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    They were bronze, the size of cannon balls, perforated like wiffle balls with fire bubbling out the holes.  (source)
    perforated = with holes
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    Langdon wiped his eyes as he looked down at the two perforations.†  (source)
    perforations = small holes -- often used to make it easy to tear a piece of paper along a specific line
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    This one is built against the solid rock, and it would take ten experienced miners, duly furnished with the requisite tools, as many years to perforate it.†  (source)
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    It was with great difficulty that the ancient monarchical provostship and, during the last ten years of the eighteenth century, the revolutionary mayoralty, had succeeded in perforating the five leagues of sewer which existed previous to 1806.†  (source)
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