'breakthrough' definitions:
Definition of 'breakthrough'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'breakthrough'
From: GCIDE
- breakthrough \break"through`\ n.
- 1. a productive insight.
- Syn: discovery, find. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. a sudden change of situation, such as making an important discovery, that permits further rapid advances toward a goal. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
- 3. (Mil.) a penetration of an enemy's defense in depth and strength. [WordNet 1.5] Breakup
Synonyms of 'breakthrough'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aggravated assault,
- aggression,
- amphibious attack,
- armed assault,
- assailing,
- assailment,
- assault,
- attack,
- avant-propos,
- banzai attack,
- blitz,
- blitzkrieg,
- boost,
- charge,
- coinage,
- counterattack,
- counteroffensive,
- coup de main,
- crippling attack,
- dead set at,
- descent on,
- discovery,
- diversion,
- diversionary attack,
- drive,
- exordium,
- flank attack,
- foreword,
- front matter,
- frontal attack,
- frontispiece,
- gas attack,
- head-on attack,
- hike,
- increase,
- infiltration,
- innovation,
- introduction,
- invention,
- leap,
- lightning attack,
- lightning war,
- mass attack,
- megadeath,
- mugging,
- neologism,
- new phase,
- novelty,
- offense,
- offensive,
- onset,
- onslaught,
- overkill,
- overture,
- panzer warfare,
- postulate,
- preamble,
- preface,
- prefix,
- prefixture,
- preliminary,
- prelude,
- premise,
- presupposition,
- proem,
- prolegomena,
- prolegomenon,
- prolepsis,
- prologue,
- protasis,
- push,
- run against,
- run at,
- rush,
- sally,
- shock tactics,
- sortie,
- strike,
- unprovoked assault,
- upgrade,
- verse,
- voluntary,
- wax