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Definition of perforate verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

perforate

verb

NAmE//ˈpərfəˌreɪt//

perforate somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they perforate

he / she / it perforates

past simple perforated

-ing form perforating

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to make a hole or holes through something The explosion perforated his eardrum. a perforated line (= a row of small holes in paper, made so that a part can be torn off easily)

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