breachingn.

Etymology: < breach v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbreaching.

1. The action of making a breach in, or of breaking through (a wall, etc.): also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > destruction of walls

breaching1803

1803 Duke of Wellington Let. 6 Nov. in Dispatches (1837) II. 479 If the wall should be so bad as not to require breaching.

1833 Fraser's Mag. 8 317 The subsequent breaching of the Spanish fortresses.

1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. iv. iii. 417 The breaching artillery consisted of forty-three guns.

1878 Macmillan's Mag. Jan. 252/1 The breaching of tanks from excessive rain.

2. See quot., and cf. breach n. 6 and breach v. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [noun] > large member of (whale) > leaping out of water

breach1843

breaching1843

1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 294/2 Other habits of this whale, such as ‘breaching’, or leaping clear out of the water and falling back again on its side.

1885 Longman's Mag. 407.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	breaching
释义	breachingn. Etymology: < breach v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbreaching. 1. The action of making a breach in, or of breaking through (a wall, etc.): also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > destruction of walls breaching1803 1803 Duke of Wellington Let. 6 Nov. in Dispatches (1837) II. 479 If the wall should be so bad as not to require breaching. 1833 Fraser's Mag. 8 317 The subsequent breaching of the Spanish fortresses. 1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. iv. iii. 417 The breaching artillery consisted of forty-three guns. 1878 Macmillan's Mag. Jan. 252/1 The breaching of tanks from excessive rain. 2. See quot., and cf. breach n. 6 and breach v. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [noun] > large member of (whale) > leaping out of water breach1843 breaching1843 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 294/2 Other habits of this whale, such as ‘breaching’, or leaping clear out of the water and falling back again on its side. 1885 Longman's Mag. 407. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1803
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