Breakthrough

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  • noun. An act of overcoming or penetrating an obstacle or restriction.
  • noun. A military offensive that penetrates an enemy's lines of defense.
  • noun. A major achievement or success that permits further progress, as in technology.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. a productive insight.
  • noun. a sudden change of situation, such as making an important discovery, that permits further rapid advances toward a goal.
  • noun. a penetration of an enemy's defense in depth and strength.
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  • adjective. Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
  • noun. An advance through and past enemy lines (or vice versa).
  • noun. Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
  • noun. The penetration of the opposition defence
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  • verb. break out
  • verb. penetrate
  • verb. pass through (a barrier)
  • noun. making an important discovery
  • noun. a productive insight
  • noun. a penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defense
  • Word Usage
    "The term breakthrough innovation is used consciously as opposed to nominal or incremental innovation with little or no social value."
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