breach.
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.
Meaning & usage
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.
A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.
breach of promise
A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling out.
A difference in opinions, social class, etc.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English breche, from Old English bryċe (“fracture, breach”) and brǣċ (“breach, breaking, destruction”), from Proto-West Germanic *bruki, from Proto-Germanic *brukiz (“breach, fissure”) and *brēkō (“breaking”).
To make a breach in.
They breached the outer wall, but not the main one.
To violate or break.
breach an agreement
breach an accord
To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.
To suffer a breach.
To leap out of the water.
To charge, convict or take legal action against someone due to not meeting a legal obligation.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English breche, from Old English bryċe (“fracture, breach”) and brǣċ (“breach, breaking, destruction”), from Proto-West Germanic *bruki, from Proto-Germanic *brukiz (“breach, fissure”) and *brēkō (“breaking”).
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