breach
IPA: brˈitʃ
noun
- 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
- The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
- (law) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.
- A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling out.
- (figurative) A difference in opinions, social class, etc.
- A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves
- A breaking out upon; an assault.
- (archaic) A bruise; a wound.
- (archaic) A hernia; a rupture.
- (computing) A particular security exploit against HTTPS when using HTTP compression, based on the CRIME exploit.
verb
- (transitive) To make a breach in.
- (transitive) To violate or break.
- (transitive, nautical, of the sea) To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.
- (intransitive, of a whale) To leap out of the water.
- (law, informal, transitive, usually passive) To charge or convict (someone) of breaching the terms of a bail, probation, recognizance, etc.
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Examples of "breach" in Sentences
- Heresy stepped in to widen the breach.
- The present template is a breach of syllogism.
- The driver's breach was reported to the police.
- The most common breach is a breach of fiduciary duty.
- His action was a flagrant breach of the constitution.
- Into the breach stepped the outgoing lieutenant governor.
- The company breached their fiduciary duties to stockholders.
- The select committee accepted that the breach was inadvertent.
- Clavicles are able to breach the geometry of The Way at addresses.
- The breach of such a direction is actionable as a breach of statutory duty.
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