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breakthru en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈbɹeɪkθɹuː/

Etymology

From break + thru.

Meanings

1. (US, alt-of, alternative, nonstandard, not-comparable) Alternative spelling of breakthrough.
   alt of breakthrough
   • a breakthru technological advance
   • The Breakthru Battalion 2010, Voris Weldon McBurnette, editor, The 108th Training Command, Government Printing Office, →ISBN, page 68:

breakthru en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈbɹeɪkθɹuː/

Etymology

From break + thru.

Meanings

1. (US, alt-of, alternative, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of breakthrough (advance through enemy lines).
   alt of breakthrough
   • The curfew decree comes as the latest of a list of steadily tightening home front controls ordered since the German breakthru in Belgium. 1945 February 20, “Byrnes Clamps War Curfew on Amusement”, in Tribune, Tribune:
   • 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. 2012, “Breakthru”, in Axis and Allies, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2012:
2. (US, alt-of, alternative, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of breakthrough (major progress, great innovation).
   alt of breakthrough
   • The role of aluminum native oxide breakthru was studied. 1998, Michael Engelhard, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Thin Film Materials, Processes (Technology and Engineering), The Electrochemical Society, →ISBN, page 145:
   • Tenuous breakthrus were made in the U.S. 2007, Stuart Ward, Strange Days Indeed: Memories of the Old World (Fiction), →ISBN, page 202:
   • The have made the desert bloom … they have achieved more breakthrus in technology and in agriculture. 2008, Franz Ucko, My God Works Miracles for Me, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 201:
   • New ZPE Breakthru—Magnetic Resonance Amplifier 2008, Paul A. LaViolette, Secrets of Antigravity Propulsion, Inner Traditions, →ISBN, page 477:

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