breach
verb/briːtʃ/
/briːtʃ/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they breach | /briːtʃ/ /briːtʃ/ |
| he / she / it breaches | /ˈbriːtʃɪz/ /ˈbriːtʃɪz/ |
| past simple breached | /briːtʃt/ /briːtʃt/ |
| past participle breached | /briːtʃt/ /briːtʃt/ |
| -ing form breaching | /ˈbriːtʃɪŋ/ /ˈbriːtʃɪŋ/ |
- breach something to not keep to an agreement or not keep a promise synonym break
- The government is accused of breaching the terms of the treaty.
- A doctor was sacked for allegedly breaching patient confidentiality.
- The proposed changes breached trade union rules.
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- breach something to make a hole in a wall, fence, etc. so that somebody/something can go through it
- The dam had been breached.
- Demonstrators breached police lines around the embassy.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French breche, ultimately of Germanic origin; related to break.
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