breakthru
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English
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]breakthru (not comparable)
- (US, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of breakthrough
- a breakthru technological advance
Noun
[edit]breakthru (plural breakthrus)
- (US, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of breakthrough (advance through enemy lines).
- 1945 February 20, “Byrnes Clamps War Curfew on Amusement”, in Tribune, Tribune:
- The curfew decree comes as the latest of a list of steadily tightening home front controls ordered since the German breakthru in Belgium.
- 2012, “Breakthru”, in Axis and Allies[2], archived from the original on 14 July 2012:
- 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.
- (US, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of breakthrough (major progress, great innovation).