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breakthroughs

The correct spelling is breakthroughs.

How to pronounce breakthroughs

noun

Say it like: Bree-kth-row-s

The correct spelling is breakthroughs. An advance through and past enemy lines. For example: "Albert Einstein is credited with making some of the greatest breakthroughs in modern physics."

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

Definition

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.
  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.

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