infiltration

SEE DEFINITION OF infiltration

as inincursion
as ininvasion
as inmix/mixture
as intransit
as inmixture
as inpenetration
as inseepage

Synonyms for infiltration

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Antonyms for infiltration

retreat

penetration

noun. act of entering

Word Origin & History

early 15c., "a knitting together," noun of action from infiltrate. In physics, from 1796. Figurative sense of "a passing into" (anything immaterial) is from 1840; military sense of "stealthy penetration of enemy lines" dates from 1930.

Example Sentences for infiltration

There was an infiltration of a western quality into all of these.

It has crept in as an infiltration, as one might call it, from the democratic system.

In a few cases the lungs showed some infiltration with blood.

Hence, the infiltration of the country with the best the towns contain.

The liquid remains in it quite well, without any trace of infiltration.

This would find its way by infiltration into the interior of the nut.

The Beaker people were an excellent choice for infiltration.

At first, there appeared to be nothing serious in the infiltration.

In midwinter, when the infiltration is reduced to a minimum, the motion is least.

The water supplied by infiltration no doubt repairs the loss to a great degree.

infiltration

More words related to infiltration

incursion

invasion

mix/mixture

mixture

mixtures

penetration