penetrate (v)
perforate#3 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 35
def pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
examples The bullet penetrated her chest
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 11 Something ----s something
Frame - 22 Somebody ----s PP
Outgoing links
Hypernym enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into
Derivationally related form perforate → perforation
Derivationally related form penetrate → penetrator
Hyponym probe, dig into, poke into; cut; interpenetrate, permeate; strike; break; foray; poke into; sneak in, creep in; permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle; honeycomb; pierce; pierce, thrust; pierce; tunnel; percolate, sink in, permeate, filter; ingrain, grain; immerse, plunge; storm, force; ooze through
Incoming links
Derivationally related form perforation → perforate
Derivationally related form penetrator → penetrate
Hypernym probe, dig into, poke into; cut; interpenetrate, permeate; strike; break; foray; poke into; sneak in, creep in; permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle; honeycomb; pierce; pierce, thrust; pierce; tunnel; percolate, sink in, permeate, filter; ingrain, grain; immerse, plunge; storm, force; ooze through
Hyponym enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into

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