icebreaking en · ADJ
Etymology
From ice + breaking.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Serving the purpose of breaking ice.
The spokesperson said other science climate science projects would be restored, with four extra scientists approved to travel south on the icebreaking research vessel RSV Nuyina.
2023 September 9, Henry Belot, “Australian government backflips on cancellation of Antarctica penguin surveys”, in The Guardian:an icebreaking tanker