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brecciated

brecciated is the simple past and past participle of brecciate.

Meaning of brecciate

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.

Adjective

brecciated (comparative more brecciated, superlative most brecciated)

  1. Formed or broken into breccia.

Forms of brecciated

comparativemore brecciated
superlativemost brecciated

Words formed from brecciated

Questions about brecciated

What does brecciated mean?
Brecciated means formed or broken into breccia.
What is brecciated the simple past and past participle of?
Brecciated is the simple past and past participle of brecciate.
What part of speech is brecciated?
Brecciated is an adjective.

Words near brecciated in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brecciated (page history and authors); brecciate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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