Meanings
adjectiveicebreaking (not comparable)
- not comparableServing the purpose of breaking ice.
an icebreaking tanker
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The spokesperson said other science climate science projects would be restored, with four extra scientists approved to travel south on the icebreaking research vessel RSV Nuyina.
2023 September 9, Henry Belot, “Australian government backflips on cancellation of Antarctica penguin surveys”, in The Guardian
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