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Synonyms for breach
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Wiktionary1.0 / 1 vote

  1. breachnoun

    Synonyms:
    break, gap, rift, rupture

  2. breachnoun

    To make a breach in.

    They breached the outer wall, but not the main one.

    Synonyms:
    break, rift, gap, rupture

  3. breachnoun

    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.

    Synonyms:
    rupture, break, rift, gap

  4. breachnoun

    , to break into a ship or into a coastal defence

    Synonyms:
    break, rupture, gap, rift

  5. breachnoun

    A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture.

    Synonyms:
    rift, break, rupture, gap

  6. breachnoun

    A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves; surge; surf.

    Synonyms:
    gap, break, rift, rupture

  7. breachnoun

    A breaking out upon; an assault.

    Synonyms:
    rupture, break, rift, gap

  8. breachnoun

    A bruise; a wound.

    Synonyms:
    rift, rupture, gap, break

  9. breachnoun

    A hernia; a rupture.

    Synonyms:
    rift, gap, rupture, break

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 6 votes

  1. breach

    Synonyms:
    rupture, divulsion, gap, quarrel, violation, nonperformance

    Antonyms:
    integrity, conservation, healing, reconciliation, inviolateness, fulfillment

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 2 votes

  1. breachnoun

    a failure to perform some promised act or obligation

    Synonyms:
    rupture, severance, break, falling out, rift

  2. breachnoun

    an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)

    Synonyms:
    rupture, severance, break, falling out, rift

  3. rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling outverb

    a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

    "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"

    Synonyms:
    recess, good luck, rift, fault, prison-breaking, breakout, fracture, suspension, break of serve, happy chance, respite, geological fault, faulting, gaolbreak, shift, interruption, time out, severance, pause, open frame, disruption, jailbreak, gap, severing, falling out, prisonbreak, breaking, breakage, rupture, intermission, break

  4. transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, breakverb

    act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

    "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"

    Synonyms:
    crack, break away, plunder, soften, reveal, give out, unwrap, conk out, spite, part, collapse, disclose, die, transgress, ruin, founder, weaken, rape, outrage, discover, trespass, snap off, stop, go, demote, wear out, break out, separate, split, give away, damp, smash, interrupt, spoil, offend, appal, wound, overstep, relegate, bring out, violate, hurt, divulge, pause, break-dance, assault, get around, ravish, cave in, let on, buck, pique, desecrate, check, break up, break in, give, split up, dishonour, better, gap, burst, injure, break off, dishonor, bust, erupt, bruise, recrudesce, break dance, go against, dampen, fall in, bump, let out, scandalise, fall apart, kick downstairs, scandalize, profane, fracture, break down, shock, infract, fail, come apart, bankrupt, develop, give way, sin, expose, break, go bad, discontinue, despoil, intermit, get out, appall, wear

  5. gap, breachverb

    make an opening or gap in

    Synonyms:
    violate, infract, offend, gap, break, go against, transgress

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. breachnoun

    Synonyms:
    break, fracture, rupture, opening, chasm, gap, crack, flaw, fissure, rent, rift

  2. breachnoun

    Synonyms:
    infraction, violation, infringement, non-observance

  3. breachnoun

    Synonyms:
    quarrel, difference, variance, disagreement, dissension, schism, misunderstanding, alienation, disaffection, rupture, falling out

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words3.5 / 2 votes

  1. breachnoun

    Synonyms:
    breaking, rupture, infraction, violation, trespass, nonobservance, hernia, rupture, falling out, alienation, disaffection, variance, difference, separation, ruption, disruption

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How to use breach in a sentence?

  1. Chief Pete Arredondo:

    We’re going to clear out this building before we do any breach.

  2. Oren Segal:

    The plots of tomorrow are literally being hatched right now, the violent breach of the United States Capitol Building is very likely part of an ongoing trend in which( extremists) exploit lawful protests, rallies, and demonstrations, and other gatherings to carry out ideologically-motivated violence and criminal activity.

  3. Skymark Airlines:

    Airbus is beginning preparations for litigation regarding a penalty for breach of contract, discussions with Airbus towards the resolution of this problem are proceeding and will continue to do so.

  4. Barnabas Gan:

    If indicators show the U.S. economy is improving very strongly, it does give a cue that gold may breach the $1,000 support.

  5. Graeme Smith:

    It is certainly the first major breach of a provincial capital since 2001, they are choking the Afghan forces from all sides. It looks pretty grim.


Translations for breach

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  • خرقArabic
  • нарушение, прибой, разбиване на вълни, скъсване на отношения, пробив, цепнатинаBulgarian
  • Bruch, Brechen, Bresche, VerstoßGerman
  • batería, brecha, boquete, incumplimiento, quebrada, disolución, violaciónSpanish
  • hypätä, rikkomus, murtua, särkeä, välirikko, murtuma, murros, murtuminen, rikkominen, hyökkäys, rikkoaFinnish
  • brèche, infraction, brouille, violationFrench
  • briseadhScottish Gaelic
  • törés, hullámtörésHungarian
  • melanggarIndonesian
  • brecho, brechizarIdo
  • להפרHebrew
  • 違反Japanese
  • término, fissura, infração, paradaPortuguese
  • разры́в, [[разры́в]] [[отношение, наруше́ние, невыполне́ние, штурм, брешь, проло́мRussian
  • bräschSwedish
  • மீறினால்Tamil
  • ละเมิดThai
  • Saldiri, kirmak, kanun disi is yapmak, boslukTurkish
  • 冲破Chinese

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