penetrate
Example Sentences
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That war showed that even the world’s most advanced antimissile systems can be penetrated.
"This is the spider's most vulnerable region since other parts have a lot of chitin, which forms an exoskeleton difficult for the mites' fangs to penetrate," the researcher explains.
From Science Daily
The sequel has performed particularly well in smaller cities including Jinan, demonstrating just how deeply it has penetrated Chinese culture.
Ethan Hawke: It’s just funny, the amount of energy it takes to kind of penetrate the zeitgeist today is a lot more than it used to be.
From Los Angeles Times
Nadella notes that AI’s ubiquitousness should make it easier to spread faster than previous technological advancements like the smartphone, which took a while to penetrate some markets.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
