Major breach Crossword Clue

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Major breach Crossword Answer

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CHASM

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Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. division of a group into opposing factions
2. the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BREACH (verb)
1. act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
2. make an opening or gap in
BREACH (noun)
1. a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
2. a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
MAJOR (noun)
1. British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
2. a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
MAJOR (adjective)
1. greater in number or size or amount
2. (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the third and fourth degrees and the seventh and eighth degrees
MAJOR (verb)
1. have as one’s principal field of study

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

CHASM
(5 letters)

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