permeate
verb/ˈpɜrmiˌeɪt/
Frequency rank: #18,254 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to spread through or penetrate every part of something
Example sentence
The smell of fresh bread began to permeate the entire house.
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