Empty and Puncture

Empty

Empty verb - To remove the contents of.

Puncture and empty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Puncture" instead a verb "Empty".

Nearby Words: emptiness, emptying, emptily

Puncture

Puncture verb - To make a hole or series of holes in.

Empty and puncture are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Empty" instead a verb "Puncture".

Nearby Words: punctured, puncturing

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

system empty system puncture system
bag empty bag puncture bag
lungs empty lungs puncture lungs

Both words in one sentence

  • Picky People Eater The title critters in Fiend Without a Face puncture people's skulls and slurp out their brains and spinal cords "like an egg," leaving behind the empty-headed corpses.
  • Point of fact: The bullet did not puncture his lung, only the pleural space (the empty space in the chest not taken up by organs and such).
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