Can black holes absorb gravity waves?

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Black holes can generate gravitational waves when they orbit each other, but the discussion centers on whether they can absorb these waves. It is suggested that gravitational waves, traveling at light speed, might not escape a black hole's gravity. The conversation explores the possibility that gravitational waves could disrupt a black hole's structure or even liberate matter-energy trapped within. However, the consensus leans towards the idea that gravitational waves cannot fragment a black hole or allow matter to escape. The final query considers the interaction between gravitational waves of varying strengths and black holes, but no definitive conclusions are drawn.
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From what I understand, black holes can generate gravity-waves in orbit with each other. But can they absorb them? Since gravity waves travel at the speed of light, I would think that they would not be able to escape BH gravitation. But since they are so massive and powerful, I wonder if they do not have the ability to disrupt a black hole they encounter by virtue of radically distorting the very space of the black hole itself. Could gravity waves be the means through which matter-energy is liberated from black-hole entrapment? Could gravity waves fragment a black hole into multiple pieces, which through mutual gravitation create spatial pockets with low-enough gravity to allow energy and matter to escape, at least for a moment?
 
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Yes, no, no, no and no.
 
Vanadium 50 said:
Yes, no, no, no and no.

Well, what would happen, then, if a gravity wave with the strength of a black hole would pass through another black hole of lesser strength?
 

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