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penetration

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11 lettersPronunciation /pɛ.nɪˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/Part of speech nounSorted aeeinnoprttStarts with PEnds with N0 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of entering into or through something

Word origin

From Middle English penetracioun, from Old French penetracïon, and its source, Latin penetrātiō, from the participle stem of penetrō (“pierce”, verb). Morphologically penetrate + -ion.

Used in a sentence

  • Any penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete the offense.
  • […] my observations of her looks and actions became acutely sharpened, and that to a degree, which, notwithstanding my efforts to conceal it, could not escape her penetration.
  • I have no respect for the penetration of any man who can read the report of that conversation, and still call the principal in it insane.

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