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Breakthrough

/ˈbɹeɪkθɹuː/

An advance through and past enemy lines.

📖 Definitions of "Breakthrough"

noun
  1. 1

    An advance through and past enemy lines.

  2. 2

    Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.

    "Albert Einstein is credited with making some of the greatest breakthroughs in modern physics."

  3. 3

    The penetration of the opposition defence

  4. 4

    The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.

adjective
  1. 1

    Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.

    "a breakthrough technological advance"

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