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  • noun Plural form of penetration.

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Examples

  • Still, its "penetrations" of the PLO — delightfully and kindly rendered in David Ignatius's novel Agents of Innocence (1987) — were essentially emissaries from Yasir Arafat to the U.S. government.

    The Counterterrorist Myth 2001

  • Still, its "penetrations" of the PLO — delightfully and kindly rendered in David Ignatius's novel Agents of Innocence (1987) — were essentially emissaries from Yasir Arafat to the U.S. government.

    The Counterterrorist Myth 2001

  • Air preparation can precede a variety of offensive operations such as penetrations, forcing water obstacles, amphibious and airborne or heliborne landings, and counterstrikes.

    FM 100-61 Chptr 10 Air Support United States Army 1998

  • Air preparation can precede a variety of offensive operations such as penetrations, forcing water obstacles, amphibious and airborne or heliborne landings, and counterstrikes.

    FM 100-61 Chptr 10 Air Support United States Army 1998

  • The clandestine penetrations were not uniformly successful.

    Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

  • Since defensive measures such as antivirus software and firewalls appear unable to stop the Chinese penetrations, does the administration have any plan to address these cyberattacks?

    China's Cyberassault on America Richard Clarke 2011

  • When Bill Casey, who led the OSS penetrations into Germany, took over the CIA in 1981, he commissioned a bronze statue of Donovan, which was placed in the foyer.

    Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

  • The Aurora attacks were followed by systematic penetrations of one industry after another.

    China's Cyberassault on America Richard Clarke 2011

  • Even Casey, who also would later become a CIA director, conceded the penetrations did nothing to shorten the war.

    Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

  • He planned to breakfast with Casey the next morning for an update on his penetrations into Germany.

    Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

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