Penetrate and Sense

Penetrate

Penetrate verb - To go or come in or into.

Sense and penetrate are semantically related in notice topic. In some cases you can use "Sense" instead a verb "Penetrate".

Sense

Sense verb - To have a clear idea of.
Usage example: I did not sense the full meaning of his cryptic warning until much later

Penetrate and sense are semantically related in notice topic. Sometimes you can use "Penetrate" instead a verb "Sense".

Common collocations

people penetrate people sense people
metal penetrate metal sense metal
attacks penetrate attacks sense attacks
objects penetrate objects sense objects
Other words: enemies.

Both words in one sentence

  • Bullethole Door Of course, since the melta was originally intended to penetrate tank armor, this makes a fair bit of sense.
  • Dug Too Deep In a more meta sense, this occasionally happens to the good guys - they dig too deep, penetrate into your dungeon and unleash you.
    Source: Dug Too Deep
  • Literature / Riptide Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale: An odd example: When they finally penetrate the treasure chamber, it's described as an iron room "about ten feet square".
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