| riddled | | |
| adj. | 1. riddled | (often followed by `with') damaged throughout by numerous perforations or holes.; "a sweater riddled with moth holes"; "cliffs riddled with caves"; "the bullet-riddled target" |
| ~ damaged | harmed or injured or spoiled.; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings" |
| adj. | 2. riddled | spread throughout.; "cities riddled with corruption" |
| ~ full | containing as much or as many as is possible or normal.; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing" |
| puncture | | |
| n. (event) | 1. puncture | loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object. |
| ~ misadventure, mischance, mishap | an instance of misfortune. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. puncture | a small hole made by a sharp object. |
| ~ hole | an opening deliberately made in or through something. |
| ~ pinhole | a small puncture that might have been made by a pin. |
| ~ pinprick | small puncture (as if made by a pin). |
| n. (act) | 3. puncture | the act of puncturing or perforating. |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| ~ centesis | (surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid. |
| ~ perforation | the act of punching a hole (especially a row of holes as for ease of separation). |
| ~ pricking, prick | the act of puncturing with a small point.; "he gave the balloon a small prick" |
| ~ venipuncture | (medicine) puncture of a vein through the skin in order to withdraw blood for analysis or to start an intravenous drip or to inject medication or a radiopaque dye. |
| v. (contact) | 4. puncture | pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into.; "puncture a tire" |
| ~ scarify | puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals.; "The men in some African tribes scarify their faces" |
| ~ pierce | make a hole into.; "The needle pierced her flesh" |
| v. (contact) | 5. puncture | make by piercing.; "puncture a hole" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| v. (communication) | 6. deflate, puncture | reduce or lessen the size or importance of.; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence" |
| ~ depreciate, vilipend, deprecate | belittle.; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts" |
| v. (change) | 7. puncture | cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing.; "puncture an air balloon" |
| ~ depressurise, depressurize, decompress | decrease the pressure of.; "depressurize the cabin in the air plane" |
| v. (change) | 8. puncture | be pierced or punctured.; "The tire punctured" |
| ~ come apart, break, fall apart, split up, separate | become separated into pieces or fragments.; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" |
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