Penetration: alternatives and connections

The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in…

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To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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A coming together; sexual intercourse; copulation.

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The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.

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The state or quality of being deep, profound, mysterious, secretive, etc.; depth; profundity; -- opposed to shallowness.

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The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, the…

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The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of pro…

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The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance; ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the entry of a person into a house or city;…

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Coming in; accruing.

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The act of entering; entrance; as, the ingress of air into the lungs.

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A commingling; intimate connection or dealings between persons or nations, as in common affairs and civilities, in correspondence or trade; communica…

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A rushing onward.

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A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.

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An attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack or assault.

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The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discer…

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The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.

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A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.

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The act or process of infiltrating, as if water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.

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The act of penetrating between or within other substances; mutual penetration.

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The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.

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To rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion for booty; to plunder.

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The act of permeating, passing through, or spreading throughout, the pores or interstices of any substance.

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A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.

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To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness.

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To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness.

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A running into; hence, an entering into a territory with hostile intention; a temporary invasion; a predatory or harassing inroad; a raid.

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A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; -- frequently used with into.

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