hull breach

collocation in English

meaningsofhullandbreach

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withhullorbreach.
hull
noun[C]
uk
/hʌl/us
/hʌl/
the body or frame of a ship, most of which goes under ...
See more athull
breach
noun[C]
uk
/briːtʃ/us
/briːtʃ/
an act of breaking a law, promise, agreement, ...
See more atbreach

(Definition ofhullandbreachfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhull breach

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Debris from the planet causes ahullbreach, damaging the outer door control for engineering.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Holly reports that there is ahullbreacha moment too late.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
In the case ofhullbreach, these tools fastened steel plates over damaged areas.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Prior to this, ahullbreachin any part of a vessel could flood the entire length of the ship.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Also, inside ships, force field generators can seal off ship atmosphere from the vacuum of space, as in the case of ahullbreachcaused by an attack or explosion.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
In the case of ahullbreachin that area, only one engine room would then be flooded, and the ship would still have use of the adjacent engine.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Unfortunately, battle damage has produced various immediate threats (a serioushullbreachin a stateroom and a meltdown about to occur in the ship's fission reactor) which take priority.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
In case of ahullbreachin that area, only one engine room would then be flooded, and the ship would still have use of the adjacent engine.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
She suffered numerous hull breaches on her starboard side and one on her port side.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Force shields are also installed inside ships to restrict access to certain areas, and to contain hull breaches.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofhull
Go to the definition ofbreach
See other collocations withhull
See other collocations withbreach