Breach

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Translations 1.2 Intransitive verb

English

Noun

breach

1. The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
2. Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise.
3. A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture.
4. A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves; surge; surf.
5. A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture.
6. A bruise; a wound.
7. A hernia; a rupture.
8. A breaking out upon; an assault.

Translations

Finnish: rikkomus (1,2), aukko (3) French : brèche

Ido: brecho

Intransitive verb

to breach

1. To break (in the above senses)
2. ((nautical{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) (of the sea), to break into a ship or into a coastal defence
3. (of a whale) to leap clear out of the water

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