BREACH

[bɹiːtʃ] ► audio Scrabble 13 Words With Friends 14

Definition

  1. verb act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises. — synonyms: transgress, offend, infract, violate, go_against, break
  2. verb make an opening or gap in. — synonyms: gap
  3. noun a failure to perform some promised act or obligation.
  4. noun an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification).
  5. noun a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions). — synonyms: rupture, break, severance, rift, falling_out

Examples

  • “A clear breach is when the waves roll over the vessel without breaking. A clean breach is when everything on deck is swept away.”
  • “They breached the outer wall, but not the main one.”

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