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US
/ˈɪnfɪɫˌtɹeɪt/
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[ UK /ˈɪnfɪltɹˌeɪt/ ]
[ UK /ˈɪnfɪltɹˌeɪt/ ]
VERB
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pass into or through by filtering or permeating
the substance infiltrated the material -
enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members
The student organization was infiltrated by a traitor - cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices
- pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict
How To Use infiltrate In A Sentence
- These state agencies are heavily infiltrated by fundamentalists.
- The chest radiograph usually reveals bilateral, mid - and upper-lobe predominant reticulonodular infiltrates, as well as hilar and mediastinal adenopathy. CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries
- The infiltrate was seen deep, involving the skeletal muscle and adipose tissue.
- Troops repelled an attempt to infiltrate the south of the island.
- Granma (which, now that I've said it a few times, is a really bad name for any magazine except the house organ of the American Association of Retired People) had "compelling" "evidence" of the U.S. attack, claiming that if the parasite, which is known as varroa, had infiltrated the island naturally, it would've spread from east to west. American Beat: Bad Bee-Havior?
- Four adult patients, including ours, had clinical pneumonia with basilar infiltrates revealed by chest radiograph, rather titan the interstitial pattern seen in neonates.
- MyDD's Todd Beeton offers praise for Listening to America: Democratic Platform for Change, the Obama teams suite of tools for collaboratively crafting a party platform -- and heartily mocks Rush Limbaugh's plan to have the writing parties "infiltrated" by Dittoheads. Daily Digest: Netroots Grapples with Obama's Ideology
- Where their debut looked to the KLF, Surfing the Void's psychonautical vocabulary recalls another oddball early 90s dance act, the Shamen, who infiltrated the top 10 with talk of a "shamanic, anarchistic, archaic revival" in the days when trance acts played clubs with names like Megatripolis and expounded on the mystical importance of the number The Guardian World News
- Likewise Deut. 23: 17-18 must be pruned from the list, since it most likely refers to a heterosexual prostitute involved in Canaanite fertility rites that have infiltrated Jewish worship; the King James Version inaccurately labeled him a "sodomite. Homosexuality And The Bible
- Highly nutritional active lotion infiltrates into cuticle, soften deep derm, moisturize rough skin, at the same time remove wrinkles of cuticle, restores delicacy, smooth, natural health of skin.
