Meaning

9 senses
  1. 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.

    Bruch, Bresche

    брешьbrešʹ, проло́мprolóm

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

  2. The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.

    Bruch

    разры́вrazrýv, невыполне́ниеnevypolnénije, наруше́ниеnarušénije

  3. A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.

    breach of promise

    Verstoß

    наруше́ниеnarušénije

  4. A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling out.

    Bruch

    разры́в отноше́нийrazrýv otnošénij

  5. (figuratively)A difference in opinions, social class, etc.

  6. 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.

  7. A breaking out upon; an assault.

    штурмšturm

  8. (archaic)A bruise; a wound.

  9. (archaic)A hernia; a rupture.

Examples

34 sentences
  1. That would be a breach of contract.

  2. This is a serious breach of trust.

  3. We have a security breach.

  4. Has the cybersecurity breach been contained?

  5. They made a breach in the wall.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
a gap or opening made by breaking or battering:
figuratively: the act of breaking:
breaking up of amicable relations:
assault:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
breaking of waves:
a gap or opening made by breaking or battering:
break of a law or obligation:

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”).

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