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breccia — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • breach noun A failure to follow a law, agreement, or rule.
  • breakthrough noun A sudden, important advance or discovery that overcomes a major obstacle.
  • gap noun An empty space or opening between two things, or a break in something continuous.
  • hiatus noun A gap or interruption in something that would otherwise be continuous.

Senses

breccia is used for these senses in English:

  • breakthrough (military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
  • breccia (petrology) A rock composed of angular fragments in a matrix that may be of a similar or a different material.
  • gap An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
  • gap An opening allowing passage or entrance.
  • hiatus (geology) A gap in geological strata.

breach — full definition

  1. noun A failure to follow a law, agreement, or rule.
  2. noun A gap made by breaking through something solid, such as a wall or defence.
  3. verb To break through or violate something.

breakthrough — full definition

  1. noun A sudden, important advance or discovery that overcomes a major obstacle.
  2. adj Describing a case of illness occurring despite protection, such as after vaccination.

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