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View definitions for penetration

penetration

noun as in act of entering

noun as in mental acuteness

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Guiver admitted sexual assault by penetration, assault, intentional strangulation, trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence and threats to kill.

From BBC

This was despite the fact she sentenced Leila’s abuser to three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to assault by penetration and multiple charges of sexual assault.

From BBC

Giving tailwind to this is the growing penetration of smartphones among middle-income rural families.

From BBC

The franchise has included iterations set in Los Angeles, New Orleans, Hawaii and Sydney, each applying local color and flavor to a tried-and-true formula; some have come and gone, some have not been around long enough to go, but none is likely to display the staying power or global penetration of the original, about to embark Monday on its 22nd season.

The full charges include four counts of sexual penetration without consent, three counts of assault occasioning bodily harm and one count of impeding a person's normal breathing or circulation by applying pressure on or to their neck.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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