penetrator

American  

[pen-i-trayt-er] / ˈpɛn ɪˌtreɪt ər /

noun

• penetrators
  plural

1. a person or thing that penetrates, especially one that penetrates the defenses of an adversary, such as a military weapon or a player on a team.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• penetrators
  plural

Example Sentences

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penetrator penetrators

You cannot algorithmically reduce the amount of tungsten in a penetrator round.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026

Wheeler isn’t the perimeter threat Brooks is — Wheeler is shooting just 27% on 3-pointers — but he’s much more active as a penetrator.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

Orlando has not been a free-agent destination for years, and the team has a clear need for a front-line floor leader and penetrator.

From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2019

Wilkins would slot in next to fellow Clemson product Grady Jarrett inside as a disruptive penetrator with terrific character.

From Reuters ● Apr. 20, 2019

Downward, in spite of the utmost possible effort of every projector and penetrator, and the two Terrestrial spectators, sick at heart, looked once at each other.

From Triplanetary by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith

The concepts range from remote-sensing instruments to penetrators that would try to burrow beneath Europa's ice-encrusted surface.

From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2016

The lander unit is actually made up of four landers; all will study seismology and geology, but two will act more as penetrators, allowing them to study rocks at a depth of 20 ft.

From Time Magazine Archive

Next on our list comes Johann Ernst Galliard, happily named as a composer of theatre music, one of our earliest German "peaceful penetrators."

From Shakespeare and Music by Christopher Wilson

If he is communing thoughtfully with mighty spirits like these—the penetrators to the central deep—is he not gaining, by the most royal road known to humanity, the most liberal education for the fullest life?

From Platform Monologues by T. G. (Thomas George) Tucker