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US /ˈrek.ɚdˌbreɪ.kɪŋ/ 
UK /ˈrek.ɔːdˌbreɪ.kɪŋ/ 

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

record-breaking

ˈrecord-ˌbreaking adjective [only before noun]
  a record-breaking number, level, performance, or person is the highest, lowest, biggest, best etc of its type that has ever happened or existed:
   • his record-breaking flight across the Atlantic
 —record-breaker noun [countable]

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

record-breaking

ˈrecord-breaking ;  adjectiveonly before noun

 

• a record-breaking jump

Main entry: record-breakerderived

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

record-breaking

record-breaking /ˈrek.ɔːdˌbreɪ.kɪŋ/ US /-ɔːrd-/
adjective [before noun]
better, bigger, longer, etc. than anything else before:
Company profits are rising and it looks as though this is going to be a record-breaking year.

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

record-breaking

 ADJ: ADJ n
 A record-breaking success, result, or performance is one that beats the previous best success, result, or performance.
  Australia's rugby union side enjoyed a record-breaking win over France.