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The act of breaking, in a figurative sense. |
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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. |
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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. |
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A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters
themselves; surge; surf. |
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A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture. |
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A bruise; a wound. |
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A hernia; a rupture. |
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A breaking out upon; an assault. |
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To make a breach or opening in; as, to breach the walls
of a city. |
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To break the water, as by leaping out; -- said of a
whale. |