Overview of noun break_through

The noun breakthrough has 3 senses

• discovery, breakthrough, find -- (a productive insight)


• breakthrough -- (making an important discovery)


• breakthrough -- (a penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defense)

Overview of verb break_through

The verb break through has 3 senses

• break through, crack -- (pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county")


• break through, come through -- (penetrate; "The sun broke through the clouds"; "The rescue team broke through the wall in the mine shaft")


• erupt, come out, break through, push through -- (break out; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted")