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(1):

(v. i.) To break the water, as by leaping out; - said of a whale.

(2):

(v. t.) To make a breach or opening in; as, to breach the walls of a city.

(3):

(n.) A hernia; a rupture.

(4):

(n.) A breaking out upon; an assault.

(5):

(n.) A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf.

(6):

(n.) A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture.

(7):

(n.) Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise.

(8):

(n.) The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.

(9):

(n.) A bruise; a wound.

(10):

(n.) A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Breach'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/breach.html. 1828.
 
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