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The correct spelling is breaches.
How to pronounce breaches
noun
IPA: /ˈbɹiːtʃɪz/
Say it like: Bree-che-s
The correct spelling is breaches. 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 For example: "A clear breach is when the waves roll over the vessel without breaking. A clean breach is when everything on deck is swept away."
Usage Examples
“A clear breach is when the waves roll over the vessel without breaking. A clean breach is when everything on deck is swept away.”
“They breached the outer wall, but not the main one.”
Meanings
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
- 4.A breaking out upon; an assault.
- 5.A bruise; a wound.
verb
- 1.To make a breach in.
- 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.
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