BREACH
\bɹˈiːt͡ʃ], \bɹˈiːtʃ], \b_ɹ_ˈiː_tʃ]\
Definitions of BREACH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
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an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
By Princeton University
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a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
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an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
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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.
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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.
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A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf.
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A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture.
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A bruise; a wound.
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A hernia; a rupture.
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A breaking out upon; an assault.
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To break the water, as by leaping out; - said of a whale.
By Oddity Software
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The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
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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.
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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.
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A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf.
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A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture.
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A bruise; a wound.
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A hernia; a rupture.
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A breaking out upon; an assault.
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To break the water, as by leaping out; - said of a whale.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of making an opening or separation; the breaking of a law, a contract, or any other obligation; a gap; a rupture of friendly relations; a quarrel.
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To make an opening in.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A break or opening, as in the walls of a fortress: a breaking of law, etc.: a quarrel.
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To make a breach or opening.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A breaking; a break; a gap; violation of a law, contract, or engagement; infringement; quarrel; injury.
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To make an opening, as in a wall. See Break.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A gap or opening; the act of breaking, or state of being broken; the breaking of a law, or the non-fulfilment of an agreement; a neglect of duty.
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To make an opening or gap in anything.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] Act of breaking, or state of being broken; rupture;—the gap or opening made by breaking; chasm;—a violation or infraction of low, obligation, or tie; transgression; infringement;—a breaking up of friendly relations; difference; disruption.
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