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dambusting technique

dambusting technique

9.1
A way to break a dam for military or engineering reasons
  • noun
  • /ˈdæmˌbʌstɪŋ tɛkˈniːk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : técnica de voladura de presas
  • The engineers developed a new dambusting technique to target the structure's weakest points.

Examples

  • She researched the most effective dambusting technique used during World War II.

  • The military employed a specific dambusting technique to breach the enemy's defenses during the operation.

  • Modern explosives have changed the way a dambusting technique is implemented in strategic operations.

  • The dambusting technique was effective.

  • Have you heard about the dambusting techniques?

  • Engineers presented a revolutionary dambusting technique designed to minimize collateral damage while destroying a dam.

  • The documentary highlighted the use of a historical dambusting technique that played a crucial role in military strategy.

Synonyms

blasting
vsdambusting technique
6.1

Causing sudden harm or damage

focuses on methods to destroy large water barriers specifically

Surface Forms

dambusting technique singular
dambusting techniques plural

Morphology

dambusting + technique

Although 'dambusting' is not listed as a single dictionary entry, the phrase is transparently compositional: 'dam' (a barrier holding back water) + 'busting' (from 'bust' = to break) combined with 'technique' (method). A B1 learner who knows these constituents would readily infer it means a method for destroying or breaching a dam.

Etymology

Dambusting technique comes from the literal image of making a dam bust, or breaking the wall that holds water. In war and building work people used explosives and careful plans to make a hole so the water rushed out, so the phrase now means 'a method to destroy or break through a dam'.