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brecciate, v. Geol.|ˈbrɛtʃɪeɪt| [Back-formation from brecciated a.] trans. To reduce to breccia.
1903Amer. Jrnl. Sci. CLXVI. 111 Movements of that sort tend generally to brecciate rock along straight or open-curve lines. 1957G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. i. 81 The main contribution of this process has been to brecciate, and so weaken, certain younger formations, and therefore to make them more easily excavated by ice. 1961J. Challinor Dict. Geol. 26/1 A sedimentary rock (usually a limestone) brecciated by some process involved in..its consolidation. |