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breaching

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2 meanings of breaching

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  1. 1
    noununcountable
    The act of breaking through a wall, defense, or rule.

    Like making a hole in a fence so things can pass through.

    The breaching of the dam sent water across the fields.

    Guards worried about the breaching of the prison wall.

    Similarrupture, breaking, violation, penetration

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  2. 2
    verb
    Present participle of breach. Use this form for an action happening now, often after a form of "to be."

    The flood was breaching the old dam wall.

    He kept breaching the rules until he got caught.

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breaching is a form of breach

breach, verb: To break a law, rule, or promise that you are supposed to follow. Full entry

Forms
breachbreaches he/she/itbreaching -ing formbreached past tense, past participle
Spelling
breach → breaching: add -ing

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