punct
pointed, stabbed, pierced
Usage
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punctuate
If an activity is punctuated by something, it is interrupted or emphasized by it at intervals.
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compunction
If you feel compunction about doing something, you feel that you should not do it because it is bad or wrong.
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punctilious
To be punctilious is to pay precise attention to detail.
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