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breach

/br/i//tS/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

  1. a failure to perform some promised act or obligation

    noun.act

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    noun.object

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

    noun.event

    Synonyms break falling out rift rupture severance

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

verb

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

    verb.social

    Synonyms break go against infract offend transgress violate
    Antonyms keep observe

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. make an opening or gap in

    verb.contact

    Synonyms gap

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. To make a breach or opening in; as, to <i>breach</i> the walls of a city.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

  4. To break the water, as by leaping out; -- said of a whale.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

brazilian trumpeterbrazilinbrazilwoodbrazosbrazos riverbrazzavillebreach of contractbreach of dutybreach of promisebreach of the covenant of warrantybreach of the peacebreach of trust

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