verb
- breaking or crushing rock into angular fragments
Usage: geological
Examples
- The fault zone was brecciating the limestone into sharp pieces.
- Tectonic forces were brecciating the bedrock along the mountain ridge.
- The impact crater showed evidence of brecciating in the surrounding rock.
- Miners observed the drill brecciating the hard granite formation.
- The earthquake was brecciating the cliff face into loose rubble.