BREACHES — Definition of BREACHES
noun
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
A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling-out.
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
A breaking out upon; an assault.
verb
1
To make a breach in.
They breached the outer wall, but not the main one.
2
To violate or break.
3
(of the sea) To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.
4
(of a whale) To leap out of the water.
📚 Source: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/breach
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