penetrate

How to use penetrate in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for penetrate.

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Don't confuse a highly active, easy to penetrate market with a bubble.

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pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest"

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The clearest senses and uses of penetrate gathered in one view.

verb

pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest"

verb

come to understand

verb

become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for penetrate.

verb

pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest"

verb

come to understand

verb

become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"

verb

enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members; "The student organization was infiltrated by a traitor"

verb

make one's way deeper into or through; "The hikers did not manage to penetrate the dense forest"

verb

insert the penis into the vagina or anus of; "Did the molester penetrate the child?"

verb

spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"

Example sentences

Don't confuse a highly active, easy to penetrate market with a bubble.

The fact that it's managed to penetrate into the developing world in such a short amount of time is nothing less than amazing.

Selling out to Facebook means virtual reality ads will penetrate everywhere you walk.

So if I get it right, FDA has enforced a monopoly by not allowing competitors to penetrate the market with the same drug.

The business model of the big consultancies is practically HIV - penetrate the customer, infect the host, lower the defenses, repeat.

If the object in question, as in this case, is hard enough and hit with enough force to penetrate the battery, it's hard enough and hit with enough force to seriously damage any system it hits.

The very idea that maybe the dearest leaders of whatever country you live in don't actually care about you doesn't seem to be able to penetrate people's minds, even though time and again they lie and abuse their powers.