- discovery, breakthrough, find - a productive insight
--1 is a kind of insight, brainstorm, brainwave
- breakthrough - making an important discovery
--2 is a kind of discovery, find, uncovering
- breakthrough - a penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defense
--3 is a kind of penetration, incursion
Derived form: verb break through2
- break through, crack - pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"
--1 is one way to pass, go through, go across
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- break through, come through - penetrate; "The sun broke through the clouds"; "The rescue team broke through the wall in the mine shaft"
--2 is one way to appear
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun breakthrough3
Something ----s
- erupt, come out, break through, push through - as of teeth, for example; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted"
--3 is one way to appear
Sample sentence:
Something ----s