Cinema put out exercise that breaks the surface (9,5)

I believe the answer is:

pneumatic drill

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'cinema put out exercise that breaks the surface' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'cinema put out exercise' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'exercise' becomes 'drill' (military exercise).
'cinema'+'put'='cinemaput'
'cinemaput' anagrammed gives 'pneumatic'.
'pneumatic'+'drill'='PNEUMATIC DRILL'

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