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Penetrable

adjective
1.
Admitting of penetration or passage into or through.  "Penetrable defenses"
2.
Capable of being penetrated.





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"Penetrable" Quotes from Famous Books



... the latter, who, with his aristocratic glance and his knowledge of the world, had penetrated at once all that was penetrable in Monte Cristo, "Albert has not deceived us, for the count is a most singular being. What say ...
— The Count of Monte Cristo • Alexandre Dumas, Pere
... which would at least delay an invader until reinforcements arrived. In its original condition it was an excellent first line of defence of South Kent; and, unless the French flotilla brought over pontoons, it formed a barrier not easily penetrable, which fully justified its ...
— William Pitt and the Great War • John Holland Rose


Words linked to "Penetrable" :   impenetrable, vulnerable, penetrability


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