broach

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broach1 / brōch/ • v. [tr.] 1. raise (a sensitive or difficult subject) for discussion: he broached the subject he had been avoiding all evening.2. pierce (a cask) to draw liquor.3. [intr.] (of a fish or sea mammal) rise through the water and break the surface: the salmon broach, then fall to slap the water.broach2 Naut. • v. [intr.] (also broach to) (of a ship with the wind on the quarter) veer and pitch forward because of bad steering or a sea hitting the stern, causing it to present a side to the wind and sea, lose steerage, and possibly suffer serious damage.

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