penetration

Noun
  1. An attack that penetrates into enemy territory (synset 100977538)
    is a type of: attack, onrush, onset, onslaught - (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
    subtypes:
    • interpenetration - the action of penetrating between or among
    • breakthrough - a penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defense
    • invasion - the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder
    • infiltration - a process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection)
    • foray, maraud, raid - a sudden short attack
    same as: incursion
  2. Clear or deep perception of a situation (synset 105718303)
    is a type of: perception - knowledge gained by perceiving
    same as: insight
  3. The act of entering into or through something (synset 100052345)
    "the penetration of upper management by women"
    is a type of: entering, entrance, entry, incoming, ingress - the act of entering
    subtypes:
  4. The ability to make way into or through something (synset 105208720)
    "the greater penetration of the new projectiles will result in greater injuries"
    is a type of: ability - the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
  5. The depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target) (synset 105142553)
    is a type of: deepness, depth - the extent downward or backward or inward
  6. The act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman (synset 100848447)
    is a type of: carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, copulation, intercourse, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation - sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur

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