"penetrate" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Wider sapphire proboscises had penetrated tanks, siphoning out the liquids to contribute to the semiorganic growths sprouting on opposite sides of the cargo section.
- Most proposed advances in gun technology are based on the assumption that the solid propellant as a stand alone propulsion system is no longer capable of delivering the required muzzle energy to penetrate future tanks.
- Such jets can be used to penetrate tanks or tap huge vats of molten steel.
- Many Panzerfäuste were sold to Finland, which urgently needed them as the Finnish forces did not have enough anti-tank weapons that could penetrate heavily armored Soviet tanks like the T-34 and IS-2.
- Rifle balls had penetrated tanks in the bottom of the tower, which held 225 gallons of lamp oil for the light, and the oil caught fire.
- The metal was chosen for its hardness and density and its ability to penetrate tanks.
- The spokesman, Maj. Phillip Soucy, said that the hitherto secret TOW-2A, a missile that can be fired by infantrymen or from vehicles, would penetrate Soviet tanks.
- Although the weapon was not able to penetrate newer Soviet tanks like the T-34 and KV-1, it still proved to be quite effective against bunker loopholes/embrasures, long range targets, and even aircraft.
- An account by an embedded reporter for The Washington Post described rebels lying on their backs in a crawl space beneath the concrete floor of a house, blasting marines above them with bullets designed to penetrate tanks.
- A weapon made with depleted uranium can penetrate even steel-armored tanks.
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