breach
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- (transitive) If you breach a duty, you do something that you should not do.
- (transitive) If an army or the police breach a barrier, a wall, etc., they were not able to enter it before but now they can.
- The police breached the front door and searched the house.
Noun[change]
- A breach is the act of breaching; for example, a breach of contract may occur when somebody does not do what they promised.
- A breach can also be a hole.