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brecciate

brecciate verb: to turn (something) into breccia.

Verb

brecciate (third-person singular simple present brecciates, present participle brecciating, simple past and past participle brecciated)

  1. (transitive) To turn (something) into breccia.
    • The impact event brecciated the regolith in the area of the crater.
  2. (intransitive) To become breccia.

Forms of brecciate

third-person singular presentbrecciates
present participlebrecciating
past participlebrecciated
pastbrecciated

Questions about brecciate

What does brecciate mean?
Brecciate means to turn (something) into breccia.
What part of speech is brecciate?
Brecciate is a verb.
What is the past tense of brecciate?
The past tense of brecciate is brecciated.

Words near brecciate in the dictionary

  1. Brebu
  2. brecanavir
  3. breccia
  4. breccial
  5. breccias
  6. brecciate
  7. brecciated
  8. brecciates
  9. brecciating
  10. brecciation
  11. brecciations

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