breakthrough
IPA: brˈeɪkθru
noun
- (military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
- Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
- (sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
- (construction) 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
- Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
- (immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.
- (medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.
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Examples of "breakthrough" in Sentences
- The diplomatic breakthrough was made in Italy.
- The breakthrough should not be observed carelessly.
- It is only needed in the location of the breakthrough.
- The Aimm nomination is the breakthrough for Boomerangx.
- The breakthrough was achieved during the spring of 1944.
- The album was a breakthrough for Petty and the Heartbreakers.
- The breakthrough for the outdoor and workwear markets was Fibrepile.
- Another breakthrough in lubrication is the use of phosphate coatings.
- The album was the follow up to the band's 1983 breakthrough Pyromania.
- The breakthrough was the appearance of the ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev.
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