breachin a sentence
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There was a security breach at the school when someone got into the building without a visitor pass.breach = failure
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He was sued for breach of contract.breach = breaking
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Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; (source)breach = break in the wall
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Telling everyone's secret was a breach of trust, and her friends were really upset.breach = breaking (a promise or rule)
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...it is a custom more honoured in the breach than the observance.† (source)
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As soon as he breached the seal of the mortar, water began to gush in through the crack, and Ender watched his death as his figure, now out of his control, struggled madly to stay alive, to keep from drowning. (source)breached = broke through
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...the breach in it is wide. (source)breach = gap (in the wall)
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If the outer wall were breached, archers would be posted on all the roofs. (source)breached = broken through
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There was little difficulty in entering the grounds, for unrepaired breaches gaped in the old park wall. (source)breaches = breaks or gaps
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Look at the whales out there breaching. (source)breaching = rising and breaking out of the water
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The round, we call it a breacher, works by generating two fields, as Mr. Vernon said.† (source)breacher = someone who breaks or penetrates
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In lieu of Colin's laugh came a period of unbreachable silence.† (source)unbreachable = not able to be broken or penetratedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unbreachable means not and reverses the meaning of breachable. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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Moral perfection is an unbreached rationality-not the degree of your intelligence, but the full and relentless use of your mind, not the extent of your knowledge, but the acceptance of reason as an absolute.† (source)unbreached = not broken or penetratedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unbreached means not and reverses the meaning of breached. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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8TH JUROR: He may have lied. [To the 10TH JUROR.] Do you think he lied? 10TH JUROR: Now that's a stupid question. Sure he lied. 8TH JUROR [to the 4TH JUROR]: Do you? 4TH JUROR: You know my answer. He lied. 8TH JUROR [to the 5TH JUROR]: Do you think he lied? 5TH JUROR: I'm not sure . . . [He breaks off and looks nervously around.] 3RD JUROR [leaping into the breach]: You're not sure about what? ... (source)breach = break
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If these walls could be breached, don't you think a cow would have done it?† (source)breached = broke or penetrated
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All the biggest data breaches are from the government—the bad guys are stealing it all the time, not to mention thefts from corporations.† (source)breaches = breaks or penetrates
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