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penetration

English

  1. 🔊 the act of entering into or through something
    “the penetration of upper management by women”
  2. 🔊 the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman
  3. 🔊 an attack that penetrates into enemy territory
  4. 🔊 the depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target)
  5. 🔊 the ability to make way into or through something
    “the greater penetration of the new projectiles will result in greater injuries”
  6. 🔊 clear or deep perception of a situation

Spanish

  1. 🔊 penetración penetration

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