penetrate
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(verb) come to understand |
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Synonyms: bottom, fathom |
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Related Words: understand |
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(verb) pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest" |
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Related Words: break, come in, creep in, cut, diffuse, dig into, enter, filter, foray, force, get in, get into, go in, go into, grain, honeycomb, imbue, immerse, ingrain, interpenetrate, move into, ooze through, percolate, permeate, pervade, pierce, plunge, poke into, probe, sink in, sneak in, storm, thrust, tunnel |
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(verb) become clear suddenly; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him" |
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Synonyms: click, come home, dawn, fall into place, get across, get through, sink in |
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