English-Dutch translations for break through

• doorbreken
  Wij moeten deze contradictie doorbreken. We must break through this contradiction.
  Ik hoop dat wij de vicieuze cirkel van doden en isoleren in de toekomst kunnen doorbreken. I hope that the future will find us able to break through the vicious circle of killing and isolating.
  Ze bieden een gunstige gelegenheid om de muren van stilzwijgen te doorbreken waarmee China de voltrekking van de doodstraf omringt. They provide an opportunity to break through the walls of silence, with which China surrounds the exercise of the death penalty.

Definition of break through

• To penetrate the defence of the opposition
• To make or force a way through (a barrier

Related words

• break the Sabbath
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