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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
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A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling-out.
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A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves
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A clear breach is when the waves roll over the vessel without breaking. A clean breach is when everything on deck is swept away.
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A breaking out upon; an assault.
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A bruise; a wound.
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A hernia; a rupture.
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A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment
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A difference in opinions, social class etc.
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The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.