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Breaches

/ˈbɹiːtʃɪz/

A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence

📖 Definitions of "Breaches"

noun
  1. 1

    A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence

  2. 2

    A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling-out.

  3. 3

    A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves

    "A clear breach is when the waves roll over the vessel without breaking. A clean breach is when everything on deck is swept away."

  4. 4

    A breaking out upon; an assault.

verb
  1. 1

    To make a breach in.

    "They breached the outer wall, but not the main one."

  2. 2

    To violate or break.

  3. 3

    (of the sea) To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.

  4. 4

    (of a whale) To leap out of the water.

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