Hyphenation of PENETRATION

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word PENETRATION? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

PEN-E-TRA-TION

Definitions of PENETRATION:

1.	An attack that penetrates into enemy territory
2.	Clear or deep perception of a situation
3.	The act of entering into or through something The penetration of upper management by women
4.	The ability to make way into or through something The greater penetration of the new projectiles will result in greater injuries
5.	The depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target)
6.	The act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman

Synonyms of PENETRATION:

noun	incursion, attack, onslaught, onset, onrush
noun	insight, perception
noun	entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming
noun	ability
noun	depth
noun	sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, relation, carnal knowledge

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