The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word BREAKERS
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What does BREAKERS mean?
BREAKERS noun- Something that breaks.
- A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines
- The building in which such a machine is placed.
- A person who specializes in breaking things.
- (chiefly in the plural) A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sandbank, or a rock or reef near the surface, considered a useful warning to ships of an underwater hazard
- A breakdancer.
- A user of CB radio.
- A small cask of liquid kept permanently in a ship's boat in case of shipwreck.
- One who works in shipbreaking.