breakthru
English
Etymology
break + thru
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɹeɪkθɹuː/
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Adjective
breakthru (not comparable)
- (US, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of breakthrough
- a breakthru technological advance
- 2010, Voris Weldon McBurnette, editor, The 108th Training Command, Government Printing Office, →ISBN, page 68:
- The Breakthru Battalion
Noun
breakthru (plural breakthrus)
- (US, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of breakthrough (advance through enemy lines).
- 1945 February 20, “Byrnes Clamps War Curfew on Amusement”, in Tribune, Tribune:
- The curfew decree comes as the latest of a list of steadily tightening home front controls ordered since the German breakthru in Belgium.
- 2012, “Breakthru”, in Axis and Allies, retrieved 2012-09-24:
- A successful breakthru opens a "window of opportunity" to perform a variety of tactical maneuvers, many of which can leave the enemy at a disadvantage.
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- (US, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of breakthrough (major progress, great innovation).
- 1998, Michael Engelhard, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Thin Film Materials, Processes (Technology and Engineering), The Electrochemical Society, →ISBN, page 145:
- The role of aluminum native oxide breakthru was studied.
- 2007, Stuart Ward, Strange Days Indeed: Memories of the Old World (Fiction), →ISBN, page 202:
- Tenuous breakthrus were made in the U.S.
- 2008, Paul A. LaViolette, Secrets of Antigravity Propulsion, Inner Traditions, →ISBN, page 477:
- New ZPE Breakthru—Magnetic Resonance Amplifier
- 2008, Franz Ucko, My God Works Miracles for Me, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 201:
- The have made the desert bloom … they have achieved more breakthrus in technology and in agriculture.
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