Usage Note
Perforer means to pierce or punch holes through a material, used both technically (perforating paper, punching tickets) and medically (a perforated eardrum: un tympan perforé). The related noun perforateur is a hole-punch, and perforation describes both the act and the resulting hole. In medicine the passive être perforé signals a serious rupture.
Examples
"Elle a perforé les feuilles pour les ranger."
Natural Translation
She punched holes in the sheets to file them.
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