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What does penetrate mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word penetrate? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.
  2. (figuratively) To achieve understanding of, despite some obstacle; to comprehend; to understand.
  3. To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to move deeply.
  4. To infiltrate an enemy to gather intelligence.
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Dust and rain came into the house from above as easily as bullets and tanks shells could penetrate the walls.
An ability to penetrate the superficialities of the story and action to see the moral truths expressed therein.
Waves generated here penetrate the ocean to depths unreachable by radio and other communication waves.
She screamed as she felt several razor-sharp pieces penetrate her skin, cutting deep into her arms.
In the radiotherapeutic range, high-energy electron beams penetrate less than high-energy x-ray beams.
Surprisingly, x rays do not penetrate Earth's atmosphere, so astronomers must place x-ray telescopes in space.

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