The Collaborative International Dictionary
Perforate \Per"fo*rate\ (p[~e]r"f[-o]*r[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Perforated (p[~e]r"f[-o]*r[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Perforating.] [L. perforatus, p. p. of perforare to
perforate; per through + forare to bore. See Bore, v.]
To bore through; to pierce through with a pointed instrument;
to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to
pierce or penetrate the surface of.
--Bacon.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of perforate English)
Usage examples of "perforating".
It is believed that the spout of the oil-can must have passed under the zygoma to the base of the skull, perforating the great wing of the spheroid bone and penetrating the centrum ovale, injuring the anterior fibers of the motor tract in the internal capsule near the genu.
Planque speaks of a small bone perforating the esophagus and extracted through the skin.
Wirth, Fine, and Evers, all mention perforating wounds of the trachea and esophagus with recoveries.
Girard, Weeds, Meacham, Bacon, Fryer and others report cases of perforating gunshot wounds of the chest with recovery.
Schenck mentions a calculus perforating the bladder and lodging in the groin.
Geronimo mowed the Russians down, the Commando and SAR perforating their torsos, slaying them before they could fire a single shot.
Deep, perforating pain accompanies inflammation of the bones, or of their enveloping membranes.