Used in a Sentence

penetrator

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for penetrator.

Editorial note

The idea that men cannot be raped while being the penetrator is one that has to go.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Something that penetrates.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

Something that penetrates.

noun

(military) A long-range fighter aircraft designed to penetrate enemy air defences.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for penetrator.

noun

Something that penetrates.

noun

(military) A long-range fighter aircraft designed to penetrate enemy air defences.

Example sentences

1

The idea that men cannot be raped while being the penetrator is one that has to go.

2

That vehicle could deorbit and drop a tungsten penetrator, smallpox, a nuclear device or any number of things.

3

The Uranium core should act like a DU penetrator if the craft disintegrated, meaning it should penetrate ~6 times its length.

4

You don't file kinetic penetrator shells on parabolic trajectories since they don't have explosive payloads.

5

Any competently-designed USB penetrator will have your system owned seconds after you plug it in, with no further interaction from you.

6

How much damage could a 250-pound fin-guided kinetic penetrator do, falling from 12 miles up?

7

An adult (or older) male penetrator is not considered homosexual in this culture, nor is an adolescent (or younger) male penetrated.

8

Sometimes if you don't have something mated to the penetrator you have to hack a way to make it waterproof just for a quick test so, guess what you put on the penetrator?

9

Dropping a tungsten penetrator from orbit is an idea only science fiction can justify.

10

The B-2 was designed to be the penetrator.

11

They're conventional HE or penetrator munitions.

12

And frankly I never looked into the concept, but why do you think, a space base tungsten penetrator would be way more expensive, than a nuke on a missile?

Quote examples

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Israel has no capability of taking out the facilities at Natanz with "bunker busters" although just recently the United States upgraded the B2 "stealth" to carry the Massive Earth Penetrator 30,000lb bomb which could destroy those facilities.

2

In the West we think of the gender roles as male and female but in the Middle East (and in Ancient Greece in our own cultural heritage) the gender roles are "penetrator" and "penetrated".

Proper noun examples

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Known as the GBU-57 MOP (Massive Ordnance Penetrator), the bomb can only be transported by one specific U.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use penetrator in a sentence?

The idea that men cannot be raped while being the penetrator is one that has to go.

What does penetrator mean?

Something that penetrates.

What part of speech is penetrator?

penetrator is commonly used as noun.