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penetrative
adjective pen·e·tra·tive \ˈpe-nə-ˌtrā-tiv\
—used to describe sexual activity in which a man puts his penis into another person's vagina or anus
: able to enter or go through something
: having or showing an ability to understand things clearly and fully
Full Definition of PENETRATIVE
2
: acute <penetrative observations>
3
: impressive <a penetrative speaker>
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First Known Use of PENETRATIVE
15th century
Rhymes with PENETRATIVE
aggregative, agitative, applicative, carminative, circulative, cogitative, combinative, commutative, connotative, consecrative, consultative, contemplative, copulative, corporative, denotative, dissipative, duplicative, educative, facultative, federative, generative, germinative, gravitative, imitative, implicative, innovative, instigative, integrative, irritative, iterative, legislative, limitative, meditative, meliorative, motivative, nominative, nuncupative, operative, palliative, procreative, propagative, qualitative, quantitative, recreative, regulative, replicative, separative, terminative, vegetative
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