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Breach

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Noun

1. breach

a failure to perform some promised act or obligation

2. breach

an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)

3. breach, break, falling out, rift, rupture, severance

a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

Example Sentences:
'they hoped to avoid a break in relations'

Verb

4. breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate

act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

Example Sentences:
'offend all laws of humanity'
'violate the basic laws or human civilization'
'break a law'
'break a promise'

5. breach, gap

make an opening or gap in

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Breach

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noun
1. 
a crack, break, or rupture
2. 
a breaking, infringement, or violation of a promise, obligation, etc
3. 
any severance or separation
there was a breach between the two factions of the party
4. 
a gap in an enemy's fortifications or line of defence created by bombardment or attack
5. 
the act of a whale in breaking clear of the water
6. 
the breaking of sea waves on a shore or rock
7.  an obsolete word for wound1
verb
8. (transitive)
to break through or make an opening, hole, or incursion in
9. (transitive)
to break a promise, law, etc
10. (intransitive)
(of a whale) to break clear of the water

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Breach

see synonyms of breach
noun
1.  Obsolete
a breaking or being broken
2. 
a failure to observe the terms, as of a law or promise, the customary forms, etc.; violation; infraction
3. 
an opening made by a breakthrough, as in a wall, line of defense, etc.
4. 
a broken or torn place or part
5. 
a breaking of waves over or upon a ship, sea wall, etc.
6. 
a whale's leap clear of the water
7. 
a break in friendly relations
verb transitive
8. 
to make a breach in; break open or through
9. 
to break or violate (a contract, covenant, etc.)
verb intransitive
10. 
to leap clear of the water
said of a whale

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Breach

see synonyms of breach
n.
1.
a. An opening, tear, or rupture.
b. A gap or rift, especially in a solid structure such as a dike or fortification.
2. A violation or infraction, as of a contract, law, legal obligation, or promise.
3. A breaking up or disruption of friendly relations; an estrangement.
4. A leap of a whale from the water.
5. The breaking of waves or surf.
v. breached, breach·ing, breach·es
v.tr.
1. To make a hole or gap in; break through.
2. To break or violate (an agreement, for example).
v.intr.
1. To leap from the water: waiting for the whale to breach.
2. To develop a hole or opening. Used especially of protective embankments: The rising river caused the levee to breach.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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