penetrate

[ˈpenətreɪt]

Definition:
1. Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.
2. Come to understand.
3. Become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions.
4. Enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members.

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Use 'penetrate' in a sentence:

1. The party has been penetrated by extremists.
2. They had penetrated into enemy territory.
3. Waves of misery penetrated every pore.
4. Not everyone agrees, but some experts are convinced that whatever created the SPA Basin did penetrate the Moon's mantle.
5. The essay is most penetrating and powerful.
6. The forest is silent, shrouded in smoke that the sun can't penetrate.
7. These have adapted to the environment by the development of long taproots that penetrate downward until they approach the assured water supply provided by groundwater.
8. He never stopped asking penetrating questions.
9. He gazed at me with a sharp, penetrating look that made my heart pound.
10. The blade of the knife penetrated his stomach.
11. Without those masses of cooling sea ice, warm air brought to the Arctic can penetrate further inland than it ever did before.
12. The secret police were not encouraged to penetrate the army.
13. There're two reasons for this: first, they live in the active layer, which, remember, contains water that doesn't penetrate the permafrost.
14. Clean the windows so that sunlight can penetrate them.
15. We cannot penetrate into the nature of substances.
16. Respiratory droplets can't penetrate your skin, though, Dr. Zuk says.
17. Many carnivorous plants secrete enzymes to penetrate the hard exoskeleton of insects, so they can absorb nutrients from inside their prey.
18. The man in the black overcoat shot a penetrating look at the other man.
19. Computer access will penetrate all groups in society.
20. These levels come from outside activities that penetrate the classroom structure, from teaching activities, and other noise generated inside, which can be exacerbated by room reverberation.
21. The army was one of the few institutions the secret police were not encouraged to penetrate.
22. Heat, too, makes our environments tolerable and some ultraviolet rays penetrate the atmosphere.
23. Air cannot penetrate between the soil particles, making the soil oxygen-poor.
24. He seems determined to penetrate the television market of China.
25. They never really penetrate that landscape, that culture.
26. The arrow penetrated through the centre of target.
27. The CIA had requested our help to penetrate a drug ring operating out of Munich.
28. And in fact, to have the woman penetrate the man in any way.
29. There have been around 15 attempts from outside Idaho to penetrate the market.
30. This wavelength of light can penetrate several centimetres into the skin.
31. The drugs industry is complex and hard to penetrate.
32. His men had been ordered to shoot on sight anyone trying to penetrate the area.
33. X-rays can penetrate many objects.
34. Our eyes could not penetrate the darkness.
35. Wherever these particles settled, they formed a pan, a layer that water couldn't penetrate.
36. There have been around 15 attempts from outside France to penetrate the market.
37. But you can also penetrate it.
38. At the same time, the Net is increasingly populated with spiders, worms, agents and other types of automated beasts designed to penetrate the sites and seek out and classify information.
39. As their roots are strong and penetrating, they prevent erosion.
40. The knife had penetrated his chest.
41. His analysis was really penetrating.
42. The sun's rays can penetrate water up to 10 feet.
43. These fine particles penetrate deep into the lungs.
44. They had penetrated airport security.
45. Larval and nymphal ticks may penetrate a coarse weave sock.
46. This method of cooking also permits heat to penetrate evenly from both sides.
47. This year the company has been trying to penetrate new markets.
48. Her voice was nasal and penetrating.
49. None of my advice seems to have penetrated his thick skull.
50. The flashlights barely penetrated the gloom.
51. The sun's radiation penetrates the skin.
52. Science can penetrate many of nature's mysteries.
53. Mary heard the penetrating bell of an ambulance.