punct

pointed, stabbed, pierced

Usage

  • punctuate

    If an activity is punctuated by something, it is interrupted or emphasized by it at intervals.

  • compunction

    If you feel compunction about doing something, you feel that you should not do it because it is bad or wrong.

  • punctilious

    To be punctilious is to pay precise attention to detail.

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