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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. pass through (a barrier);
- Example: "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"
[syn: break through, crack]

2. penetrate;
- Example: "The sun broke through the clouds"
- Example: "The rescue team broke through the wall in the mine shaft"
[syn: break through, come through]

3. break out;
- Example: "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted"
[syn: erupt, come out, break through, push through]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

break through v 1: pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county" [syn: break through, crack] 2: penetrate; "The sun broke through the clouds"; "The rescue team broke through the wall in the mine shaft" [syn: break through, come through] 3: break out; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted" [syn: erupt, come out, break through, push through]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

47 Moby Thesaurus words for "break through": achieve success, advance, arrive, be a success, breach, break in, break into, break open, break out, burst in, bust in, cave in, come forth, come on, come out, come through, cut a swath, debouch, emerge, erupt, exit, find vent, force open, get ahead, get on, get there, go far, go places, have it made, issue, issue forth, leak out, make a breakthrough, make a success, make good, make headway, make it, make the scene, ooze out, prize open, progress, rise, run out, rupture, split open, stove in, tear open