penetrate

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penetrate verb

To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.“Light penetrates darkness.”
To achieve understanding of, despite some obstacle; to comprehend; to understand.“I could not penetrate Burke's opaque rhetoric.”
To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to move deeply.“to penetrate one's heart with pity”
To infiltrate an enemy to gather intelligence.

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