breach
/britʃ/
noun
- An act of breaking or failing to follow a law, agreement, or standard of behavior.
- Sharing your password is a breach of security rules.
- His rude comments were a clear breach of etiquette.
- The company was sued for breach of contract.
- A break or hole in a physical barrier, such as a wall or fence.
- The flood created a breach in the riverbank.
- Soldiers rushed through a breach in the castle wall.
- A small breach in the fence let the dog escape.
- A break in friendly relations between people or groups.
- There was a breach in the family after the disagreement over the inheritance.
- The treaty helped heal the breach between the neighboring countries.
- The argument caused a lasting breach between the two friends.
verb
- To break through or make a hole in a physical barrier.
- The waves breached the seawall during the storm.
- The rescue team breached the collapsed door to reach the survivors.
- The enemy army breached the city's defenses.
- To break or fail to follow a law, agreement, or standard.
- The athlete was disqualified for breaching the competition rules.
- By sharing the secret, he breached the confidentiality agreement.
- The hacker breached the company's security system.