noun Download 🔗Share 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 Examples : "The floodwaters created a breach in the riverbank, allowing the water to overflow onto the farmland. " gap architecture building military Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling-out. Examples : "The breach between the two sisters started over a shared inheritance. " communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves Examples : "A clear breach is when the waves roll over the vessel without breaking. A clean breach is when everything on deck is swept away." nautical ocean military disaster Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A breaking out upon; an assault. Examples : "The sudden breach of the classroom door startled the students. " military war action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A bruise; a wound. Examples : "The soccer player received a painful breach on his knee during the game. " medicine body anatomy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A hernia; a rupture. Examples : "The athlete's strained muscle caused a painful breach in his abdominal wall. " medicine anatomy body organ Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment Examples : "The student's failure to complete the homework assignment was a breach of the school's rules. " law right action government politics moral society Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A difference in opinions, social class etc. Examples : "The breach between the students' opinions on the school project led to heated debates. " gap attitude society Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The act of breaking, in a figurative sense. Examples : "The student's breach of the school's dress code resulted in a detention. " law action politics business state Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make a breach in. Examples : "They breached the outer wall, but not the main one." military law police Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To violate or break. Examples : "The student breached the school's dress code by wearing jeans to the formal event. " law action business military politics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (of the sea) To break into a ship or into a coastal defence. Examples : "The rising tide breached the seawall, flooding the low-lying coastal town. " nautical disaster ocean war sailing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (of a whale) To leap out of the water. Examples : "The humpback whale breached spectacularly, sending a spray of water high into the air. " animal ocean nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading