breach

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): [briːtʃ]

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• Homophone: breech

Verb

Plain form breach

Third-person singular breaches

Past tense breached

Past participle breached

Present participle breaching

1. (transitive) If you breach a duty, you do something that you should not do.
2. (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

Singular breach

Plural breaches

1. A breach is the act of breaching; for example, a breach of contract may occur when somebody does not do what they promised.
2. A breach can also be a hole.

   Water entered through a breach in the levee.

Synonyms

• violate