perforating

ulcerating

Forming an open sore

• rupturingBreaking or tearing apart
• burstingBreaking from internal pressure
• puncturingMaking holes by piercing

penetrating · gastric · appendix · eardrum · bowel · sepsis · peritonitis · wound · lesion · trauma

boring

Failing to engage interest

• reamingEnlarging or finishing holes
• punchingStriking with closed fist
• trepanningSurgical skull perforation

coring · countersinking · broaching · milling · piercing · penetrating · awl · die-cutting · burring · drilling

piercing

Penetrating or very sharp

• prickingPuncturing with something sharp
• stabbingWounding with a blade
• lancingCutting open for drainage

needle · skewering · impaling · jabbing · poking · spiking · pinpricking · rupturing · bursting · penetrating

breathable

Permits air passage

• porousAllowing passage of fluids
• aeratedCharged with gas
• meshInterlocking open weave

vented · permeable · filtered · airflow · drainage · screen · sieve · strainer · colander · grate

dotted

Marked with small points

• latticedHaving crisscrossed framework
• punchedStruck with closed fist
• stampedMarked by pressure

stenciled · filigree · openwork · lacework · cutwork · mesh · grid · tessellated · decorative · ornamental

• cuttingslicing, slice, chopping, dice, dicing
• paper craftsorigami, paper folding, paper cutting, kirigami, quilling
• oil industrypetroleum, oil fields, oil well, oil rig, oil production
• laser usescutting, engraving, welding, etching, marking
• oilfield servicesdrilling, completion, workover, fracking, hydraulic fracturing
• die cuttingblanking, scoring, creasing, stripping, registration marks