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penetrating
adjective
: able to understand something clearly and fully
: helping people to understand something clearly and fully
: spreading out deeply or widely
Full Definition of PENETRATING
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: having the power of entering, piercing, or pervading <a penetrating shriek>
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First Known Use of PENETRATING
1593
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penetrating
adjective pen·e·trat·ing
Medical Definition of PENETRATING
: having the power of entering, piercing, or pervading <treat hemorrhage from both penetrating injury and blunt trauma—Journal of the American Medical Association>
—pen·e·trat·ing·ly \-ˌtrāt-iŋ-lē\ adverb
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