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infiltration

[in-fil-trey-shuhn] / ˌɪn fɪlˈtreɪ ʃən /






NOUN
seepage
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Infiltration wasn’t the only activity carried out by federal law enforcement.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2024

Infiltration wells cover a much smaller area but go deeper, which allows water to seep through their walls.

From Scientific American • Oct. 25, 2023

Infiltration made possible by malware that rode in as part of a software update pushed through months ago, to nearly 18,000 clients of a firm called SolarWinds.

From Slate • Dec. 21, 2020

An early exponent was Jeff Chapman, or Ninjalicious, the late Toronto-based explorer who in the early noughties infiltrated buildings and underground systems, recording his adventures in his zine, Infiltration.

From The Guardian • Feb. 25, 2017

His theory is as follows: Infiltration of water, reaching a certain depth, come into contact with incandescent masses of carburets of metals, chiefly of iron, and are at once decomposed into oxygen and hydrogen.

From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Burroughs, Barkham




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