Penetrate
verb
To go into or through something.
The bullet penetrated the wall
Often appears as...
- penetrate the surface
- penetrate the skin
verb
To enter deeply into a subject or an area of knowledge.
The research will penetrate into the history of the civilization
Often appears as...
- penetrate the mystery
- penetrate deeper
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Academic
verb
To successfully enter a new market or area of business.
Our company aim is to penetrate new territories
Often appears as...
- penetrate the market
- penetrate new territories
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Business
verb
In computer science, to break into a computer system, often for illegal purposes.
The hackers managed to penetrate the company's firewall
Often appears as...
- penetrate a system
- penetrate a network
verb
To see or understand something hidden or obscure.
It's hard to penetrate his thoughts
Often appears as...
- penetrate the darkness
- penetrate the silence
verb
To go into or through something.
The bullet penetrated the wall
Often appears as...
- penetrate the surface
- penetrate the skin
verb
To enter deeply into a subject or an area of knowledge.
The research will penetrate into the history of the civilization
Often appears as...
- penetrate the mystery
- penetrate deeper
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To successfully enter a new market or area of business.
Our company aim is to penetrate new territories
Often appears as...
- penetrate the market
- penetrate new territories
Usage tips
Business
verb
In computer science, to break into a computer system, often for illegal purposes.
The hackers managed to penetrate the company's firewall
Often appears as...
- penetrate a system
- penetrate a network
verb
To see or understand something hidden or obscure.
It's hard to penetrate his thoughts
Often appears as...
- penetrate the darkness
- penetrate the silence
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Entry
Used when something physically enters or passes through an object.
The nail penetrated the tire.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Superficial
Suggests more than a surface impact, implying deep insertion.
The needle penetrated beyond the first layer of skin.
Pro Tip 3/3Potential Resistance
Often implies overcoming resistance to enter something.
The explorers penetrated the thick jungle.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Entry
Used when something physically enters or passes through an object.
The nail penetrated the tire.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Superficial
Suggests more than a surface impact, implying deep insertion.
The needle penetrated beyond the first layer of skin.
Pro Tip 3/3Potential Resistance
Often implies overcoming resistance to enter something.
The explorers penetrated the thick jungle.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Entry
Used when something physically enters or passes through an object.
The nail penetrated the tire.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Superficial
Suggests more than a surface impact, implying deep insertion.
The needle penetrated beyond the first layer of skin.
Pro Tip 3/3Potential Resistance
Often implies overcoming resistance to enter something.
The explorers penetrated the thick jungle.
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What makes tattoos...
But if tattoos are embedded in your skin for life, is there any way to erase them? Technically, yes. Today, a laser is used to penetrate the epidermis and blast apart underlying pigment colors of various wavelengths, black being the easiest to target. The laser beam breaks the ink globules into smaller particles
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How a wound heals itself...
consists mostly of hardened cells, called keratinocytes, and provides protection. Since its outer layer is constantly being shed and renewed, it's pretty easy to repair. But sometimes a wound penetrates into the dermis, which contains blood vessels and the various glands and nerve endings
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Ami Klin: A new way to...
You would recoil. You would call the police. You would do something, because it's literally impossible to penetrate somebody's physical space and not get that reaction. We do so, remember, intuitively, effortlessly. This is our body wisdom; it's not something mediated by our language.
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Resilient people,...
that solar and wind up coming to scale penetrating more than 10% of markets in the world really coming to scale ecosystems serving the economy at big scale this is the classic catskill catchment example where sustainable management of forests is courting Freshwater's applied to New
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Why the universe seems...
which our bodies operate at. We never evolved to navigate in the world of atoms. If we had, our brains probably would perceive rocks as full of empty space. Rocks feel hard and impenetrable to our hands, precisely because objects like rocks and hands cannot penetrate each other.
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How does cancer spread...
As the cells proliferate, they spread via one of the three common routes of transcoelomic, lymphatic, or hematogenous spread. In transcoelomic spread, malignant cells penetrate the covering surfaces of cavities in our body. These surfaces are known as peritoneum
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Is the world getting...
As the spiral of recursive improvement gathers momentum, we eke out victories against the forces that grind us down, not least the darker parts of our own nature. We penetrate the mysteries of the cosmos, including life and mind.
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Defending the ant nest...
but it's not going to impress a driver ant. The ants penetrate deep into the nest, and the residents intensify their warning.
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Sounding the Deepest...
locating the deepest spot on earth isn't straightforward light barely penetrates
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5 Reasons Ants Are...
hand the ants penetrate deep into the nest and the residents intensify their
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What makes tattoos...
But if tattoos are embedded in your skin for life, is there any way to erase them? Technically, yes. Today, a laser is used to penetrate the epidermis and blast apart underlying pigment colors of various wavelengths, black being the easiest to target. The laser beam breaks the ink globules into smaller particles
Video examples
How a wound heals itself...
consists mostly of hardened cells, called keratinocytes, and provides protection. Since its outer layer is constantly being shed and renewed, it's pretty easy to repair. But sometimes a wound penetrates into the dermis, which contains blood vessels and the various glands and nerve endings
Video examples
Ami Klin: A new way to...
You would recoil. You would call the police. You would do something, because it's literally impossible to penetrate somebody's physical space and not get that reaction. We do so, remember, intuitively, effortlessly. This is our body wisdom; it's not something mediated by our language.
Video examples
Resilient people,...
that solar and wind up coming to scale penetrating more than 10% of markets in the world really coming to scale ecosystems serving the economy at big scale this is the classic catskill catchment example where sustainable management of forests is courting Freshwater's applied to New
Video examples
Why the universe seems...
which our bodies operate at. We never evolved to navigate in the world of atoms. If we had, our brains probably would perceive rocks as full of empty space. Rocks feel hard and impenetrable to our hands, precisely because objects like rocks and hands cannot penetrate each other.
Video examples
How does cancer spread...
As the cells proliferate, they spread via one of the three common routes of transcoelomic, lymphatic, or hematogenous spread. In transcoelomic spread, malignant cells penetrate the covering surfaces of cavities in our body. These surfaces are known as peritoneum
Video examples
Is the world getting...
As the spiral of recursive improvement gathers momentum, we eke out victories against the forces that grind us down, not least the darker parts of our own nature. We penetrate the mysteries of the cosmos, including life and mind.
Video examples
Defending the ant nest...
but it's not going to impress a driver ant. The ants penetrate deep into the nest, and the residents intensify their warning.
Video examples
Sounding the Deepest...
locating the deepest spot on earth isn't straightforward light barely penetrates
Video examples
5 Reasons Ants Are...
hand the ants penetrate deep into the nest and the residents intensify their
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Rudolf Steiner
Austrian Philosopher
The realms of life are many. For each one, special sciences develop. But life itself is a unity, and the more deeply the sciences try to penetrate into their separate realms, the more they withdraw themselves from the vision of the world as a living whole.
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Max Muller
German Educator
I was so astonished that another had penetrated so deeply into the secrets of my soul, and that he knew what I did not know myself, that when I recovered from it he had already been long upon the street.
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Hugh Mackay
Australian Scientist
Perhaps it's the people whose lives have taken sudden new twists - people who have learned to embrace the creative possibilities of change - who stand the best chance of penetrating life's mysteries.
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Chiwetel Ejiofor
British Actor
I look at scripts really for whether they can be moving or penetrate some kind of truth. You are constantly chasing that feeling as an actor when every part of a production comes together.
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Julien Green
American Novelist
A child's fear is a world whose dark corners are quite unknown to grownup people; it has its sky and its abysses, a sky without stars, abysses into which no light can ever penetrate.
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Rachel Cusk
Canadian Novelist
As writers go, I have a skin of average thickness. I am pleased by a good review, disappointed by a bad. None of it penetrates far enough to influence the thing I write next.
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Frederic William Farrar
Indian Theologian
But in the life of every man there are influences of a far more real and penetrating character than those which come through the medium of schools or teachers.
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Taylor Hackford
American Director
And it's a question of how far we're willing to go in order to let the ego shine, in order to let that beacon penetrate not only the local scene but the world.
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Goran Dragic
Slovenian Athlete
It doesn't matter who it is. If I'm going to see an open gap, I'm going to penetrate and try to finish over those guys. I'm not afraid of big guys.
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Vladimir Kramnik
Russian Celebrity
Only he, who penetrates into the depth of the game, can express his personality in it.
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Rudolf Steiner
Austrian Philosopher
The realms of life are many. For each one, special sciences develop. But life itself is a unity, and the more deeply the sciences try to penetrate into their separate realms, the more they withdraw themselves from the vision of the world as a living whole.
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Max Muller
German Educator
I was so astonished that another had penetrated so deeply into the secrets of my soul, and that he knew what I did not know myself, that when I recovered from it he had already been long upon the street.
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Hugh Mackay
Australian Scientist
Perhaps it's the people whose lives have taken sudden new twists - people who have learned to embrace the creative possibilities of change - who stand the best chance of penetrating life's mysteries.
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Chiwetel Ejiofor
British Actor
I look at scripts really for whether they can be moving or penetrate some kind of truth. You are constantly chasing that feeling as an actor when every part of a production comes together.
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Julien Green
American Novelist
A child's fear is a world whose dark corners are quite unknown to grownup people; it has its sky and its abysses, a sky without stars, abysses into which no light can ever penetrate.
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Rachel Cusk
Canadian Novelist
As writers go, I have a skin of average thickness. I am pleased by a good review, disappointed by a bad. None of it penetrates far enough to influence the thing I write next.
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Frederic William Farrar
Indian Theologian
But in the life of every man there are influences of a far more real and penetrating character than those which come through the medium of schools or teachers.
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Taylor Hackford
American Director
And it's a question of how far we're willing to go in order to let the ego shine, in order to let that beacon penetrate not only the local scene but the world.
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Goran Dragic
Slovenian Athlete
It doesn't matter who it is. If I'm going to see an open gap, I'm going to penetrate and try to finish over those guys. I'm not afraid of big guys.
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Vladimir Kramnik
Russian Celebrity
Only he, who penetrates into the depth of the game, can express his personality in it.
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