Breaching

verb

/ˈbɹiːtʃɪŋ/

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.verbTo make a breach in.

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

2.verbTo violate or break.

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

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

5.nounThe act by which something is breached.

"breachings of decorum"

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