INTERPENETRATED Synonyms: 19 Similar Words

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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This is a book suffused with beauty, but climate emergency is its undercurrent.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026
After setting her wildly popular debut The Tiger's Wife in a Balkans suffused with myth and magic, the author turned in subsequent books to the Old West and a city redolent of New York.

— Colin Dwyer, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of suffused

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The Biden administration designated Tren de Aragua as a transnational criminal organization in 2024 following requests from Republicans who said the group’s members have penetrated the southern border.

— Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026
My recent Hartford Courant oped, described how OpenAI agents broke out of their test sandbox and as a coordinated group (swarm) penetrated Hugging Face, a research platform used by AI developers.

— John Caruso, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of penetrated

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The potential double jeopardy argument permeated pretrial court hearings, with prosecutors suggesting the defense was using delay tactics to invoke double jeopardy.

— Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 9 Oct. 2026
That has, from my standpoint, permeated the organization, and that’s what everybody talks about right now.

— Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of permeated

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As usual, that passion for both motorsport and motoring in general pervaded the show lawn, festooned with 218 cars from 14 different nations, all divided into nearly 30 classes.

— Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2026
And creature comforts pervaded—from the in-room Chromecast to the plush bed.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026

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