Collocations for penetrate - verb

deep, deeply, far
caves penetrating deep into the hills

fully, totally | hardly
The sunlight hardly penetrated the inner room.

quickly | slowly
The news slowly penetrated his consciousness.

easily, readily
These so-called secret societies were easily penetrated by intelligence agents.

successfully

be able to, can/could | be difficult to | seem to
The cold seemed to penetrate his bones.

fail to | allow sth to
Cut two slashes on each side of the fish to allow heat to penetrate.

into
It is not yet known how deeply the radiation has penetrated into the soil.

through
The light could not penetrate through the thick curtains.

to
The dust had penetrated to all corners of the room.