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noun
1.
a military movement or advance all the way through and beyond an enemy's front-line defense.
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an act or instance of removing or surpassing an obstruction or restriction; the overcoming of a stalemate: The president reported a breakthrough in the treaty negotiations.
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any significant or sudden advance, development, achievement, or increase, as in scientific knowledge or diplomacy, that removes a barrier to progress: The jet engine was a major breakthrough in air transport.
adjective
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constituting a breakthrough: engineered with breakthrough technology; Critics called it a breakthrough film.
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Breakthroughs
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Origin:
1915–20; noun use of verb phrase break through
1915–20; noun use of verb phrase break through
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