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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.
Josh's mind boggled in the futile effort to penetrate the abstruse complexity of an esoteric form of thinking that was altogether foreign to him.
Their roots will penetrate cracks in the rock and produce an organic acid that dissolves calcium carbonate.
Human or equine rabies immunoglobulin should be given if any wounds penetrate the skin.
Her previous two albums did well enough but failed to really penetrate into the mainstream.
In the radiotherapeutic range, high-energy electron beams penetrate less than high-energy x-ray beams.

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