as in to pierce
to go or come in or into
a needle penetrated the heavy canvas only with great effort
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Recent Examples of penetrate
This allows for the seasoning to penetrate the meat and tenderize it, making for a more flavorful broth.
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Vicky Hallett, NPR, 10 Apr. 2025
According to tradition, soaking in a hot bath infused with these therapeutic salts allows the magnesium and sulfur to penetrate the skin, soothing muscles, detoxing the body, and easing stress.
—Alice Nardiotti, Vogue, 10 Apr. 2025
Also inside is lactic acid, which gently clears the way for the other actives to better penetrate skin.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 10 Apr. 2025
None of the bullets penetrated the glass.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2025
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Vicky Hallett, NPR, 10 Apr. 2025
According to tradition, soaking in a hot bath infused with these therapeutic salts allows the magnesium and sulfur to penetrate the skin, soothing muscles, detoxing the body, and easing stress.
—Alice Nardiotti, Vogue, 10 Apr. 2025
Also inside is lactic acid, which gently clears the way for the other actives to better penetrate skin.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 10 Apr. 2025
None of the bullets penetrated the glass.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for penetrate
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To get an empty eggshell, pierce small holes on either end of a fresh, raw egg with a needle and gently blow the contents out into a bowl.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
16 Apr. 2025
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Wolf, Puss in Boots’s big villain, had piercing red eyes; Sinners’s villain Remmick (Jack O’Connell) has piercing red eyes.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
14 Apr. 2025
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Green Day entered 2005 at the center of popular music for the second time in its career — but the first time in a decade.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
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The outspoken mother, who has clashed with Rock in the past, quickly went on to reiterate her desire for Blueface to enter a relationship with rap star Megan Thee Stallion, a hope that she’s expressed on previous occasions.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Quantum internet removes that risk by ensuring only the sender and receiver can read a message, so not even the hosting platform can access it.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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There’s a tip which focuses on widgets, to provide personalized news, weather, calendar reminders and more, explaining that they’re accessed by pressing the Windows and W keys.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Penetrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penetrate. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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