permeated

American  

[pur-mee-ey-tid] / ˈpɜr miˌeɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. suffused, saturated, penetrated, or filled with something (sometimes used in combination).

   As a precaution, deputies evacuated six houses surrounding the odor-permeated area.

   Now thick smoke from fires in three neighboring states is clotting our already permeated sky.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of permeate.

Other Word Forms

• unpermeated
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of permeated

permeate ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

In 2018, Christian themes and symbols again permeated their collection.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

Mazzara’s comments, she said, show how that tone has permeated all facets of the agency.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

“But no one has those kinds of margins,” he said, shaking his head as the sweet, nutty smell of freshly ground wheat berries permeated his factory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

Almost four years on, the arts are back - but everything is now permeated by the war.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

It was once thought, in the days before relativity, that light did propagate through a special medium that permeated all of space, called “the luminiferous aether.”

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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