penetrated

verb

past tense of penetrate
as in entered
to go or come in or into a needle penetrated the heavy canvas only with great effort

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Recent Examples of penetrated On August 7, the Oregon governor’s office confirmed hackers had penetrated the core control systems of an Oregon water district. — John Caruso, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026 The Mughals were heavily outnumbered by the Afghans but had penetrated the opposing army from the side and rear, causing great losses in Hemu’s army. — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026 As colonial administrators and missionaries had penetrated the highlands, the practice of cannibalism had ended and kuru had begun to recede. — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 The leaf canopy was so dense that at times only a half-light, a sort of dusky murk, penetrated to the forest floor where the hounds ran. — Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026 The children are dismembered and penetrated, flayed alive, disemboweled, and their intestines set alight. — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026 The main reason that high-quality asset protection structures are penetrated is because they were misused or disregarded. — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Allow the grass to absorb the water, then water again until moisture has penetrated 4 to 6 inches below the soil surface. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2026 All of these appeared to originate at boundaries between tiles, suggesting hot gas may have penetrated these boundaries. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for penetrated
  1. entered
  2. pierced
  3. accessed
Verb
  • The Hugging Face deal marks the second-largest for Nvidia; the chip company entered a $20 billion non-exclusive agreement to buy assets from chipmaker Groq in December.
    — Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Deputies entered the home after the three-hour standoff and took the woman into custody without incident, Igoe said.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of entered
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  • The bullet pierced the restaurant glass and left a diner with a minor injury.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The morning following the storm, co-owner James Durawa told WISN 12 News that a tree pierced part of the restaurant's tin roof and would cost about $18,000 to remove.
    — Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of pierced
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  • Positioned above the bathroom and downstairs bedroom, it's accessed by some steps and looks large enough to be used either as a secondary sleeping space for guests or as a storage area.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
  • In addition to an outright ban of the controversial private surveillance systems, the ordinance called for new measures to preserve the city’s data sovereignty and set controls on how data from CCTV cameras in the city can be accessed.
    — Noah Daly September 2, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of accessed

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“Penetrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penetrated. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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