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embedded
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The 5th Wave
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- Tiny, hair-thin slivers embedded themselves in my cheek.†
p. 92.1 *embedded = firmly within; or placed firmly within
- We were attacked from the inside, by infected personnel who'd been embedded in the military.†
p. 119.9
- Embedded in the soft tissue is a pulsing egg-shaped growth, anchored by thousands of rootlike tendrils fanning out in all directions, digging into every crease and crevice of his brain.†
p. 122.5
- There was the thing inside Chris controlling him that had embedded itself into his brain (they don't know how) sometime in the past (they don't know when).†
p. 124.5
- You embed sleeper units where the guns are.†
p. 124.9embed = place firmly within
- Infestations were embedded in key individuals around the world, sleeper agents, if you will, waiting for the signal to launch a coordinated attack after our population had been whittled down to a manageable number.†
p. 259.5embedded = firmly within; or placed firmly within
Definitions:
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(1)
(embedded) firmly within; or placed withinin various senses, including:
- firmly stuck into -- as a thorn into a finger
- enclosed within -- as a fossil within a rock
- implanted as a part -- sometimes specifically of a reporter
- integrated in hardware -- as of a computer chip
- firmly set within -- as of a character trait
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)