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breach
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- pronunciation:
- brich
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an act of breaking a law or promise.
It is a breach of trust to tell a lie.- similar words:
- offense
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| definition 2: |
an opening or gap made by breaking through something.
The soldiers passed through the breach in the wall of the fort.- synonyms:
- gap, hole, opening
- similar words:
- break, chink, crack, gulf, rupture, separation
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| related words: |
chasm, cleft, foul, interval, invasion, leak, opening, trespass |
adjective + (n.)breach
catastrophic, efficient, grave, gross, liable, serious, slight, terrible
verb + (n.)breach
allege,
amount,
cause,
charge,
claim,
commit,
constitute,
detect,
fill,
heal,
honor,
investigate,
leap,
notify,
pour,
prosecute,
remedy,
repair,
rush,
step,
sue,
surge,
warn,
widen
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(n.)breach
+ verb
disclose, flood, occur
noun + (n.)breach
canal,
colleague,
damage,
employer,
flood,
fraud,
gap,
hull,
lagoon,
landlord,
lawsuit,
levee,
material,
offense,
penalty,
remedy,
repairer,
security,
seller,
theft,
whale
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
breaches, breaching, breached |
| definition 1: |
to make an opening or breach in; break through.
The water breached the dam and flooded the town.- similar words:
- break through, open
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| definition 2: |
to break or violate.
He breached the agreement he had made with his lawyer.- synonyms:
- break, violate
- similar words:
- disregard, ignore
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| related words: |
betray, invade |
adverb + (v.)breach
easily, somehow
(v.)breach
+ noun
agreement,
barrier,
border,
boundary,
castle,
client,
code,
confidence,
contract,
dam,
defense,
dike,
duty,
etiquette,
fence,
horizon,
layer,
limit,
line,
obligation,
privilege,
rule,
separation,
stone,
surface,
trust,
wall
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| derivation: |
breacher (n.) |
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