puncture
/ˈpʌŋkt͡ʃɚ/ noun B2- The act or an instance of puncturing.
- A hole, cut, or tear created by a sharp object. · There were two small punctures in his arm where the snake's fangs had pierced the skin.
- A hole in a vehicle's tyre, causing the tyre to deflate. · On the way back we got a puncture, and we were stuck at the roadside for three hours until help arrived.
Plural punctures
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It would be a sharp-eyed coroner, indeed, who could distinguish the two little dark punctures which would show where the poison fangs had done their work.
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