breach
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4.9
- noun
- /briːtʃ/
- Hugging the edge of the breach, she warily peered across the spilled stones.
- step into the breach
- widen the breach
- breach in the lagoon
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Watch on YouTubeWhen Russian troops achieved local breakthroughs, Brusilev could pour in reserves to expand the breach and roll up the flanks.
- When Russian troops achieved local breakthroughs, Brusilev could pour in reserves to expand the breach and roll up the flanks.
- He had to use his power to close the breach between the living and the dead, the dry land and the world of Earthsea.
- And then as soon as I came back to, there was a loud explosion, which is the breach from what I think.
- I'd stepped on a pressure plate IED in the breach point.
- Oh my God when I tell you I had a barrier breach.
Examples
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Our best hope is that that leading regiment can keep the Rebs occupied... long enough for reinforcements to exploit the breach.
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Alicia waited with her companions outside the breach in the wall.
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We got a breach in the fan room!
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Looks like some kind of breach in the trunk lines.
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Artillery let loose once more and a breach was made.
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Here, men rushed through the breach in a madness.
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The Ghoul patrol found the breach and sealed it.
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Enraged French soldiers storm the breach and overwhelm the defenders.
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The bilges are pumping out water, but there's still a breach in the hull.
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The soldiers found a breach in the enemy's defenses and seized the opportunity to advance.
Synonyms
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1.0
An opening in something, often made by people or nature
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1.0
A space that lets people move through, for example a door
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4.2
A narrow opening in rock or a wall where things can hide
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4.8
A narrow crack or gap in solid things like rock and clouds
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6.4
A small narrow opening that lets light or air through
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7.1
A narrow opening in a fort wall for looking or firing weapons
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9.9
An opening in a wall for firing a gun or looking out
Idioms
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8.2
To step forward and help in a difficult situation when others cannot or will not
- Literature
To try again to face a difficult situation even after failing before
Compounds
- Formal
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3.6
Failure to do what a contract requires, for example not delivering goods or not paying
- Formal
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8.2
A serious failure to follow a contract that lets the other side end it or claim money
- Archaic
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9.5
Failing to keep a promise to marry someone that can lead to a court case
- Formal
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9.9
A person or company saying before the agreed time that they will not do what the contract says
A crime of illegally taking money or things someone gave you to look after and keeping them for yourself
- Formal
A seller that does not keep a promise that something bought will work or be repaired
Failure by a seller to keep a promise that the buyer can own the property without debts or claims
- Formal
When one side makes a contract impossible to carry out before it is due
- Jargon
A break of a contract that does not end it but lets the harmed person ask for money
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Etymology
Breach originally meant a 'break' in something like a wall or dam, from an Old English word related to break. That's why a breach is an opening or gap made in a barrier, often by force.