[Essay] Exposure - Breakage

[alikhalili71]

Hi,
Is the following sentence right and formal? I want to use this sentence in academic writing.
The sound barriers breakage leads to exposure of many cities to sound pollution.

 

[Rover_KE]

No.

'The breaking of the sound barrier leads to the exposure...'

 

[alikhalili71]

No.

'The breaking of the sound barrier leads to the exposure...'

How would be this sentence if I wanted to use the noun "breakage"?

 

[bhaisahab]

How would be this sentence if I wanted to use the noun "breakage"?

It wouldn't work with "breakage".

 

[Matthew Wai]

The Oxford dictionary says 'breakage' means 'The action of breaking something, or the fact of being broken', why doesn't it work here?

 

[alikhalili71]

Is it right to use plural form of "sound barrier"? If yes, is it common?

 

[Rover_KE]

No. If you want to refer to a number of occasions when the sound barrier is broken, call them 'sonic booms'.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Matthew, it is a different kind of "break". When one breaks a bone or a plate, the original thing is broken into pieces. When one breaks the sound barrier, the sound barrier remains intact.

 

[Matthew Wai]

In 'breaking the sound barrier', 'breaking' means 'breaking through', to which 'breakage' does not apply because it means 'breaking into pieces'.
Is it correct?

 

[MikeNewYork]

Yes.