breaches

Meanings

• Noun

  A violation or disregard for a law, rule, or obligation.

  - "The company faced numerous breaches of environmental regulations."
  - "The data breaches exposed sensitive customer information."

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Synonyms

break , break , fissure , rupture , gap , rift , rupture , surf , surge

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with breaches
bleaches , reaches , teaches

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Variants

List of all variants of breaches that leads to same result
breach , breached , breaches , breaching

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Etymology

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Originally meant a breaking or rupture, from Old French 'breche' or Middle English 'breche', from the verb 'brechen' to break.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'data breach' first appeared in a 1995 academic paper.

2. The largest known data breach occurred in 2013, affecting over 3 billion Yahoo user accounts.

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Related Concepts

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1. Data Breach: A security incident in which sensitive, confidential or otherwise protected data is accessed, disclosed or stolen.

2. Environmental Breach: A violation of environmental laws or regulations.

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Culture

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In literature, 'breaches' have been used metaphorically to represent betrayals, violations of trust, or weaknesses in a system.

How to Memorize "breaches"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a wall with cracks or holes, representing a breach.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the concept of a violation or disregard for a rule or obligation.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym 'BRIEF' to remember the meaning: B - violation, R - rule, I - ignored, E - effects, F - final result (a breach).

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