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Breach Very Common

Breach has 8 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a failure to perform some promised act or obligation

"The company faced legal trouble after their breach of contract left several clients without the agreed-upon services."

2

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

"The heavy rain caused a sudden breach in the sea wall, allowing waves to crash onto the dry land."

3

a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

"they hoped to avoid a break in relations"

4

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 storm finally caused a massive breach in the sea wall, allowing floodwaters to rush into the village."

Verb
1

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"

2

make an opening or gap in

"The surging waves managed to breach the sea wall, flooding the low-lying street below."

3

To make a breach in.

"The strong wind managed to breach the old wooden fence, creating a gap that let the storm surge into the yard."

Proper Noun
1

A particular security exploit against HTTPS when using HTTP compression, based on the CRIME exploit.

"The system administrators patched a critical vulnerability known as BREACH to prevent attackers from stealing session cookies through compressed HTTPS traffic."

Example Sentences
"they hoped to avoid a break in relations" noun
"offend all laws of humanity" verb
"violate the basic laws or human civilization" verb
"break a law" verb
"break a promise" verb
Antonyms
observe
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
failure opening separation disrespect open
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
breach of contract breach of duty schism sin drop the ball conflict trespass
Rhyming Words
ach bach hach rach tach lach mach zach nach coach trach poach peach leach loach beach roach reach meach hrach
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