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breach

[bɹiːtʃ]

noun

Meaning

  • A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence

  • A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling-out.

  • A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves

    "A clear breach is when the waves roll over the vessel without breaking. A clean breach is when everything on deck is swept away."

  • A breaking out upon; an assault.

  • A bruise; a wound.

  • A hernia; a rupture.

  • A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment

  • A difference in opinions, social class etc.

  • The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.

Synonyms

break,
break,
fissure,
rupture,
gap,
rift,
rupture,
surf,
surge

verb

Meaning

  • To make a breach in.

    "They breached the outer wall, but not the main one."

  • To violate or break.

  • (of the sea) To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.

  • (of a whale) To leap out of the water.