brecciate

verb

brec·ci·ate ˈbre-chē-ˌāt

brecciated; brecciating

transitive verb

: to form (rock) into breccia

: to break (rock) into fragments

brecciation

ˌbre-chē-ˈā-shən

noun

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1887, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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