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In addition the heavy bullet has a lot of sectional density and should penetrate deeply compared to a standard 30 or 40-grain slug.
Human or equine rabies immunoglobulin should be given if any wounds penetrate the skin.
An ability to penetrate the superficialities of the story and action to see the moral truths expressed therein.
Dust and rain came into the house from above as easily as bullets and tanks shells could penetrate the walls.
Josh's mind boggled in the futile effort to penetrate the abstruse complexity of an esoteric form of thinking that was altogether foreign to him.
However, acaricides do not penetrate far enough to kill mites deep inside the mattress and so are not as effective as when used on carpeting.
Where pyrite crystals have been lost, it can be seen that quartz did not penetrate pyrite.
Their roots will penetrate cracks in the rock and produce an organic acid that dissolves calcium carbonate.
Waves generated here penetrate the ocean to depths unreachable by radio and other communication waves.
In the radiotherapeutic range, high-energy electron beams penetrate less than high-energy x-ray beams.
Her previous two albums did well enough but failed to really penetrate into the mainstream.
Surprisingly, x rays do not penetrate Earth's atmosphere, so astronomers must place x-ray telescopes in space.
She screamed as she felt several razor-sharp pieces penetrate her skin, cutting deep into her arms.
Pins that are used to penetrate hairpieces or wigs are often referred to as T-pin or wig hair pins.
Planting strawberries in rows one plant wide will help sunlight penetrate the entire plant and increase fruiting.
By 1900, artists attempted to penetrate the deep recesses of the unconscious mind.
As companies expand and penetrate lucrative new markets, they combine and recombine.
We criticized the CIA for not redeveloping these capabilities during the 1990s, so it could penetrate terrorist cells.
If a powerful spirit has possessed them, and if the blessing is successful, the kris will not penetrate and they will not bleed.
It has a 7,653 yard range and its warhead consists of a tandem-shaped charge to penetrate reactive armour.
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The tasteable substances must be in solution in order to penetrate the pits and get to the sensitive tips of the taste cells.
Several incisions should always be made in the body, at least one of which should penetrate the abdominal cavity.
I inhaled great draughts of the dry, pure air, which seemed to penetrate to my very toes, and open every air cell in my body.
They are able to penetrate into the body of men, and thus produce similar physical and mental disturbances as the animalic demons.
Its fumes, being heavier than air, penetrate the burrows and promptly poison or asphyxiate all living animals and fleas.
And if we wish to penetrate the secret we must not forget the Hebrew psalmist, with his calix meus inebrians quam prclarus est.
The skin of the Cape buffalo is made into shields and targets, and is so hard that a musket ball will scarcely penetrate it.
So long as this door was successfully held, no claim-jumper could penetrate into the tunnel or reach the shaft at the end.
Ardent spirit is a poison so diffusive and subtile that it is found, by actual experiment, to penetrate even the brain.
Several lines were also projected, two to penetrate the ecuadorean montana.
She was content to let the divine light of philosophy penetrate by its own power, and educe its own conclusions.
The filaments in their further growth separate the epithelia, and even penetrate them.
There were expanses of heavy tree and bush growth that they could not penetrate.
Brown was anxious to penetrate if possible into the secrets of fertilisation.
By this time other friends joined, amongst them poor Ritchie who was going to penetrate by Fezzan to Timbuctoo.
In each ganglion the cells of this ganglionic investment penetrate as a median septum into the cord.
The more they were looked at, the more did they seem to penetrate into the gazer's heart.
I hoped thus to be enabled to penetrate the scrubs, and reach, and perhaps cross, the higher land bounding this Great Basin.
Of course, the soft ball driven from a small-bore rifle with a light charge of powder was far too weak to penetrate to the vitals.
The smoothbore Columbiads could penetrate only 13 inches, while from this range the ponderous mortars could hardly hit the fort.
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