ground-breaking
Speech parts
1. ground-breaking - Noun
2. ground-breaking - Adjective
Meaning
ground-breaking (comparative more ground-breaking, superlative most ground-breaking)
(idiomatic) innovative, different than other things of its type.
ground-breaking technology
ground-breaking (plural ground-breakings)
A ceremony marking the commencement of construction of a road, bridge, or building.
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My show was revolutionary, ground-breaking. When I came on the scene, people were not doing a thing.
James Cameron's films have always been distinguished by ground-breaking technical excellence.
The Tudors was ground-breaking in the sense that it did ruffle the feathers of classical historians and alter the way people did period drama at the time.
The Galapagos Islands are probably the most famous wildlife-watching destination in the world. And no wonder - it's almost impossible to exaggerate the sheer spectacle of the place that provided inspiration for Charles Darwin's ground-breaking theory of natural selection.
When my father passed away and then when later on I gave birth, those are sort of ground-breaking experiences that put everything else into perspective.
I wish we could launch a ground-breaking competition that motivates kids to invent new ideas in sustainable living.