penetrate
US /ˈpɛnɪˌtret/
・UK /ˈpenɪtreɪt/
B1
v.t.Transitive VerbTo enter or pass through something
Roots from the ancient trees penetrate deep into the soil beneath the forest floor
v.t.Transitive VerbTo gain a market in a new area or country
Telecommunication services managed to penetrate the mountainous rural areas thanks to marketing
v.t.Transitive VerbTo spread through many parts of something
The poisons penetrate through the muscle to the bone
v.t.Transitive VerbTo gain an understanding of something
My mother had the ability to penetrate what I had in mind
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Why Controversial Cluster Bombs Are Being Sent to Ukraine | WSJ Equipped
- These submunitions can be loaded with charges that can penetrate armor
These submunitions can be loaded with charges that can penetrate armor
- that can penetrate armor
that can penetrate armor
Mischief Managed: the Harry Potter Retrospective
- Every day, every hour, this very minute, perhaps, dark forces attempt to penetrate this castle's walls.
Every day, every hour, this very minute, perhaps, dark forces attempt to penetrate this castle's walls.
- dark forces attempt to penetrate this castle's walls.
dark forces attempt to penetrate this castle's walls.
UV light kills viruses. Why isn't it everywhere?
- Far-UV has a very low wavelength that can't penetrate skin deeply enough
Far-UV has a very low wavelength that can't penetrate skin deeply enough
The Cascadia Fault Is Ready To Rupture: A MEGA Earthquake Is Coming!
- The tsunami could penetrate miles inland, sweeping away homes, infrastructure, and anything else in its path.
The tsunami could penetrate miles inland, sweeping away homes, infrastructure, and anything else in its path.
- The tsunami could penetrate miles inland, sweeping away homes, infrastructure, and anything else in its path.
The tsunami could penetrate miles inland, sweeping away homes, infrastructure, and anything else in its path.
The Ocean Is Deeper Than You Think. We Need Better Maps.
- No light from the surface can penetrate these depths.
No light from the surface can penetrate these depths.
- No light from the surface can penetrate these depths.
No light from the surface can penetrate these depths.
Gordon Ramsay makes a Cauliflower Steak?!?
- Because I want that salsa verde to sort of penetrate and go through.
Because I want that salsa verde to sort of penetrate and go through.
- Now, I don't sit down immediately and eat this for sort of three or four minutes because I want that salsa verde to sort of penetrate and go through from top to the bottom, that incredible, beautiful steak.
Now, I don't sit down immediately and eat this for sort of three or four minutes because I want that salsa verde to sort of penetrate and go through from top to the bottom, that incredible, beautiful steak.
India ramps up 50-year campaign to crush Maoist insurgency | DW News
- So, like I said, the decisive step, of course, is that the government has been able to penetrate into some of their bases, which otherwise was completely unmapped, and has been able to strike a blow.
So, like I said, the decisive step, of course, is that the government has been able to penetrate into some of their bases, which otherwise was completely unmapped, and has been able to strike a blow.
- So like I said, the decisive step, of course, is that the government has been able to penetrate into some of their bases, which otherwise were completely unmapped,
So like I said, the decisive step, of course, is that the government has been able to penetrate into some of their bases, which otherwise were completely unmapped,
Owen Wilson Takes The Colbert Questionert - Part One
- It takes a fair amount of courage because these are all ergonomically designed to penetrate straight to your soul and reveal you to an audience.
It takes a fair amount of courage because these are all ergonomically designed to penetrate straight to your soul and reveal you to an audience.
- It takes a fair amount of courage because these are all ergonomically designed to penetrate straight to your soul and reveal you to an audience.
It takes a fair amount of courage because these are all ergonomically designed to penetrate straight to your soul and reveal you to an audience.
Behind the scenes of An Adventure in Space and Time - Doctor Who 50th Anniversary - BBC
- and it was quite hard to penetrate as a woman because no woman had ever done that before.
and it was quite hard to penetrate as a woman because no woman had ever done that before.
- 'And it was quite hard to penetrate, as a woman,
'And it was quite hard to penetrate, as a woman,
Your Immune System: Natural Born Killer - Crash Course Biology #32
- It's oily and kind of acidic and really not easy to penetrate,
It's oily and kind of acidic and really not easy to penetrate,
- It's oily and kind of acidic, and really not easy to penetrate.
It's oily and kind of acidic, and really not easy to penetrate.