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penetrated
verb as in pierce; get through physically
Strong matches
verb as in understand or be understood
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Example Sentences
The Ukrainian military is believed to be thoroughly penetrated by Russian intelligence.
A fragment penetrated her shoulder, missing a major artery by an inch.
The tumor in his colon had spread to four of his lymph nodes and penetrated the bowel wall.
Yet after a drink or two words the words “sanctions,” “tanks,” “crises” and “isolation” penetrated the conversation.
Out of all the markets Ashley Madison has penetrated, Japan was the fastest to reach one million members.
Before his rencontre with Ripperda at the Cardinal's, he had penetrated all the secrets of the Altheim apartments.
The machine penetrated everywhere, thrusting aside with its gigantic arm the feeble efforts of handicraft.
Tony, less self-centred, less rigidly contained, had penetrated her by an understanding sympathy greater than his own.
He had seen through her as if she had been made of glass; he had penetrated her artifices and detected her falsehoods.
The intense heat penetrated the leather palms of his black gauntlets.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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