breach
A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee /…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.
» That would be a breach of contract.
Meaning
9 sensesA 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.
Bruch, Bresche
брешьbrešʹ, проло́мprolóm
an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
Bruch
разры́вrazrýv, невыполне́ниеnevypolnénije, наруше́ниеnarušénije
A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.
breach of promise
Verstoß
наруше́ниеnarušénije
A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling out.
Bruch
разры́в отноше́нийrazrýv otnošénij
(figuratively)A difference in opinions, social class, etc.
A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves.
A clear breach is when the waves roll over the vessel without breaking. A clean breach is when everything on deck is swept away.
A breaking out upon; an assault.
штурмšturm
(archaic)A bruise; a wound.
(archaic)A hernia; a rupture.
Examples
34 sentencesThat would be a breach of contract.
This is a serious breach of trust.
We have a security breach.
Has the cybersecurity breach been contained?
They made a breach in the wall.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English breche, from Old English bryċe (“fracture, breach”) and brǣċ (“breach,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”).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source