Make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation:
— Perforate the sheets of paper.

synonym: punch.

Roget 260: open, ope^†, gape, yawn, bilge; fly open.    perforate, pierce, empierce^†, tap, bore, drill; mine etc. (scoop out) 252; tunnel; transpierce^†, transfix; enfilade, impale, spike, spear, gore, spit, stab, pink, puncture, lance, stick, prick, riddle, punch; stave in.    cut a passage through; make way for, make room for.    uncover, unclose, unrip^†; lay open, cut open, rip open, throw open, pop open, blow open, pry open, tear open, pull open.    ... show more

Dutch: ponsen

Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.

synonym: penetrate.

Roget 302: pass, pass through; perforate etc. (hole) 260; penetrate, permeate, thread, thrid^†, enfilade; go through, go across; go over, pass over; cut across; ford, cross; pass and repass, work; make one's way, thread one's way, worm one's way, force one's way; make a passage form a passage; cut one's way through; find its way, find its vent; transmit, make way, clear the course; traverse, go over the ground.    ... show more

Having a hole cut through:
— A perforated eardrum.

synonyms: perforated, pierced, punctured.

Roget 260: open; perforated etc. v.; perforate; wide open, ajar, unclosed, unstopped; oscitant^†, gaping, yawning; patent.    tubular, cannular^†, fistulous; pervious, permeable; foraminous^†; vesicular, vasicular^†; porous, follicular, cribriform^†, honeycombed, infundibular^†, riddled; tubulous^†, tubulated^†; piped, tubate^†.    opening etc. v.; aperient^†.    ... show more