penetration (n.)

  1. an attack that penetrates into enemy territory

    [ Syn: incursion ]

  2. clear or deep perception of a situation

    [ Syn: insight ]

  3. the act of entering into or through something; the penetration of upper management by women'

  4. the ability to make way into or through something; the greater penetration of the new projectiles will result in greater injuries'

  5. the depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target)

  6. the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman

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