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Yes, penetrate is playable

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"Penetrate" Definition

verb-transitive

To affect deeply, as by piercing the consciousness or emotions.
To cause to be permeated or diffused; steep.
To enter (an organization, for example), usually surreptitiously, so as to gain influence or information; infiltrate.
To enter and gain a share of (a market): penetrated the home-computer market with an affordable new model.
To enter into and permeate: The insistent rhythm of piano practice penetrated each room of the house.

verb-intransitive

To gain admittance or access.
To gain insight.
To pierce or enter into something; make a way in or through something.

verb

To pass into or through.
To enter by overcoming resistance.
To gain entrance to.
To see into or through.
To discover the inner contents or meaning of.

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