Sekirov Dictionary

breach

/ˈbɹiːt͡ʃ/

noun 9
verb 6
forms 3
phrases 1

noun9

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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.
- "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead." — 1599
a failure to keep a law, or to do what a duty or an agreement asks of someone
The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
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A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling out.
- There's fallen between him and my lord / An unkind breach. — 1603
(figurative) A difference in opinions, social class, etc.
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A breaking out upon; an assault.
- And Dauid was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach vpon Uzza; wherefore that place is called Perez-Uzza, to this day. — 1611
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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.
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(no longer used) A bruise; a wound.
- An vncouth paine torments my grieued soule, And death arrests the organe of my voyce. Who entring at the breach thy sword hath made, Sackes euery vaine and artier of my heart, […] — 1587
(no longer used) A hernia; a rupture.

verb6

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To make a breach in.
- They breached the outer wall, but not the main one.
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To violate or break.
- "I therefore agree with the Court that the Government did breach its contract with petitioners in failing to approve, within 30 days of its receipt, the plan of exploration petitioners submitted." — 2000
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To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.
- On this occasion, the damage was far more serious. The sea wall was breached completely for a distance of over 50 yd., and the gap had to be bridged by a temporary timber viaduct. — 1947
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To suffer a breach.
- Picard: We don't have time for this! The Pasteur’s core is going to breach! — 1994
To leap out of the water.
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(informal) To charge, convict or take legal action against someone due to not meeting a legal obligation.
- However, you can breach your landlord if the maintenance item is considered an emergency repair under the terms of your lease. — 2023

forms

breached · breaching · breaches

Phrases with breach

honor in the breach
To demonstrate (a rule, law, or policy) by breaking or breaching it.

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