breaches - Definition and Meaning

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(noun)

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an act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct

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a breach of confidence

they alleged breach of copyright

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(noun)

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a gap in a wall, barrier, or defence, especially one made by an attacking army

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a breach in the mountain wall

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(verb)

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make a gap in and break through (a wall, barrier, or defence)

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the river breached its bank

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(verb)

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(of a whale) rise and break through the surface of the water

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we saw whales breaching in the distance