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S: (v) enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into (to come or go into) "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes"

S: (v) take the field (go on the playing field, of a football team)
S: (v) penetrate, perforate (pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance) "The bullet penetrated her chest"

S: (v) probe, dig into, poke into (examine physically with or as if with a probe) "probe an anthill"

S: (v) cut (penetrate injuriously) "The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead"
S: (v) interpenetrate, permeate (penetrate mutually or be interlocked) "The territories of two married people interpenetrate a lot"

S: (v) invade (penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way) "The cancer had invaded her lungs"

S: (v) strike (pierce with force) "The bullet struck her thigh"; "The icy wind struck through our coats"
S: (v) break (pierce or penetrate) "The blade broke her skin"
S: (v) foray (briefly enter enemy territory)
S: (v) poke into (enter briefly) "We poked into the bar"
S: (v) sneak in, creep in (enter surreptitiously) "He sneaked in under cover of darkness"; "In this essay, the author's personal feelings creep in"
S: (v) permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle (spread or diffuse through) "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"

S: (v) honeycomb (penetrate thoroughly and into every part) "the revolutionaries honeycombed the organization"
S: (v) pierce (make a hole into) "The needle pierced her flesh"

S: (v) poke (make a hole by poking)
S: (v) puncture (pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into) "puncture a tire"

S: (v) scarify (puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals) "The men in some African tribes scarify their faces"

S: (v) riddle (pierce with many holes) "The bullets riddled his body"
S: (v) prickle, prick (make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn) "The nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample"

S: (v) bite (penetrate or cut, as with a knife) "The fork bit into the surface"
S: (v) punch, perforate (make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation) "perforate the sheets of paper"
S: (v) sting, bite, prick (deliver a sting to) "A bee stung my arm yesterday"
S: (v) tap (pierce in order to draw a liquid from) "tap a maple tree for its syrup"; "tap a keg of beer"

S: (v) stick (pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed) "He stuck the needle into his finger"
S: (v) stick (pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument) "he stuck the cloth with the needle"
S: (v) peg (pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into)
S: (v) center punch (make a small hole in something as a guide for a drill)
S: (v) transfix, impale, empale, spike (pierce with a sharp stake or point) "impale a shrimp on a skewer"

S: (v) horn, tusk (stab or pierce with a horn or tusk) "the rhino horned the explorer"
S: (v) gore (wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument)
S: (v) lance (pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight)

S: (v) pierce (cut or make a way through) "the knife cut through the flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest"

S: (v) pick, break up (attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example) "Pick open the ice"

S: (v) tunnel (force a way through)
S: (v) percolate, sink in, permeate, filter (pass through) "Water permeates sand easily"

S: (v) infiltrate (pass into or through by filtering or permeating) "the substance infiltrated the material"
S: (v) infiltrate (cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices)

S: (v) dunk, dip (dip into a liquid while eating) "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"
S: (v) dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse (immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate) "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint"

S: (v) dip (plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container) "He dipped into his pocket"
S: (v) dip (immerse in a disinfectant solution) "dip the sheep"
S: (v) submerge, submerse (put under water) "submerge your head completely"
S: (v) soak (submerge in a liquid) "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour"
S: (v) sheathe (plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh)

S: (v) storm, force (take by force) "Storm the fort"
S: (v) ooze through (run slowly and gradually) "Blood oozed through the bandage"

S: (v) sop, soak through (be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid)

S: (v) re-enter (enter again) "You cannot re-enter the country with this visa"
S: (v) file in (enter by marching in a file)
S: (v) pop in (enter briefly) "He popped in for two minutes"
S: (v) walk in (enter by walking) "She walks in at all hours, as if she lived here"
S: (v) call at, out in (enter a harbor) "the ship called in Athens"
S: (v) take water (enter the water) "the wild ducks took water"
S: (v) turn in (make an entrance by turning from a road) "Turn in after you see the gate"
S: (v) board, get on (get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.))

S: (v) intrude, irrupt (enter uninvited) "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room"

S: (v) break in (intrude on uninvited) "The nosy couple broke in on our conversation"
S: (v) bother (intrude or enter uninvited) "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers"
S: (v) barge in, crash, gate-crash (enter uninvited; informal) "let's crash the party!"
S: (v) move in on (make intrusive advances towards)

S: (v) intrude on, invade, obtrude upon, encroach upon (to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate) "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy"

S: (v) foray into, raid (enter someone else's territory and take spoils) "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly"

S: (v) maraud (raid and rove in search of booty) "marauding rebels overran the countryside"

S: (v) moor, berth, wharf (come into or dock at a wharf) "the big ship wharfed in the evening"

S: (v) come, come in (be received) "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda"
S: (v) come in (come into fashion; become fashionable)
S: (v) interject, come in, interpose, put in, throw in, inject (to insert between other elements) "She interjected clever remarks"
S: (v) place, come in, come out (take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal) "Jerry came in third in the Marathon"