[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["the act of piercing or perforating, as with a pointed instrument or object.", "a hole or mark so made.Synonyms: perforation , rupture , break", "Zoology.a small pointlike depression."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to pierce or perforate, as with a pointed instrument:to puncture leather with an awl.", "to make (a hole, perforation, etc.) by piercing or perforating:He punctured a row of holes in the cardboard.", "to make a puncture in:A piece of glass punctured the tire.", "to reduce or diminish as if by piercing; damage; wound:to puncture a person's pride.", "to cause to collapse or disintegrate; spoil; ruin:to puncture one's dream of success."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to become punctured:These tires do not puncture easily."]}]