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penetrative

 adjective
     
pen‧e‧tra‧tive
1

penetrative sex

sex in which a man puts his penis into a woman's vagina or into someone's anus
2 able to get into or through something easily:
penetrative missiles
3 showing an ability to understand things quickly and completely:
penetrative observations
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