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breach
(br/i//tS/ )

noun (n)

  • a failure to perform some promised act or obligation(noun.act)
    source: wordnet30
  • an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)(noun.object)
    source: wordnet30
  • a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)(noun.event)
    Synonym:
    break, falling out, rift, rupture, severance
    source: wordnet30
  • The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises(verb.social)
    Synonym:
    break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate
    Antonym:
    keep, observe
    source: wordnet30
  • make an opening or gap in(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    gap
    source: wordnet30
  • To make a breach or opening in; as, to breach the walls of a city.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To break the water, as by leaping out; -- said of a whale.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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