interpenetrated

verb

past tense of interpenetrate
as in suffused
to spread throughout with tie-dyeing, the dye does not interpenetrate the entire fabric

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interpenetrated
  1. suffused
  2. penetrated
  3. permeated
  4. pervaded
Verb
  • Good binoculars will reveal a score of stars in this little group, while long-exposure observatory photographs show about 1000 in the area — all suffused in great clouds and streamers of nebulous light.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 10 July 2026
  • Lyrically, these 10 songs are suffused with a bittersweet feeling of nostalgia for early adulthood, as heard on the album’s title track.
    — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2026
Definition of suffused
Verb
  • Neumann said Netflix still has significant room to grow, noting the company has penetrated less than 45% of its roughly 800 million addressable households worldwide and accounts for only about 5% of global TV viewing.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 17 July 2026
  • Stains that have dried or penetrated the material will always be harder to get out, according to Ek.
    — Sheila Kim, The Spruce, 13 July 2026
Definition of penetrated
Verb
  • Prediction markets have permeated the worlds of sports, politics, and reality television shows.
    — Elaine Chen, STAT, 16 July 2026
  • All these features also permeated the air in the last giddy days of 1999.
    — James Berman, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of permeated
Verb
  • Fear over airstrikes on Iran, which pervaded many conversations with locals during the war, has evaporated.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • Uncertainty pervaded the potential visit, according to the person, with the region on edge over the war in Iran.
    — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 12 June 2026
Definition of pervaded
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