1
: infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard
a breach of trust
sued them for breach of contract
2
a
: a broken, ruptured, or torn condition or area
a breach of the skin
the leak was a major security breach
b
: a gap (as in a wall) made by battering
fixing a breach in the fence
once more unto the breach, dear friends, … or close the wall up with our English dead—Shakespeare
3
4
: a leap especially of a whale out of water
breached; breaching; breaches
1
: to make a gap in by battering : to make a breach (see breach entry 1 sense 2b) in
breached the castle wall
: to leap out of water
a whale breaching
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