breach
Because it is a word with a single syllable, breach is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofbreach
- 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
- A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling-out.
- A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves
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."
- A breaking out upon; an assault.
- A bruise; a wound.
- A hernia; a rupture.
- A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment
- A difference in opinions, social class etc.
- The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
- To make a breach in.
Example: "They breached the outer wall, but not the main one."
- To violate or break.
- (of the sea) To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.
- (of a whale) To leap out of the water.
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