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Added 4 October 2026

breach

/ˈbɹiːt͡ʃ/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about breach at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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.
The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.
breach of promise

verb

To make a breach in.
They breached the outer wall, but not the main one.
To violate or break.
breach an agreement
To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.

Origin

From Middle English breche, from Old English bryċe (“fracture, breach”) and brǣċ (“breach, breaking, destruction”), from Proto-West Germanic *bruki, from Proto-Germanic *brukiz (“breach, fissure”) and *brēkō (“breaking”).

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