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breach
noun
verb
a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 6
- Starts with
- B
- Ends with
- H
- Contains
- REAC
- Scrabble score
- 13
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
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Definitions
noun
a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
noun
a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
“they hoped to avoid a break in relations”
noun
an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
verb
make an opening or gap in
verb
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
“offend all laws of humanity”
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Example Sentences
they hoped to avoid a break in relations
offend all laws of humanity
violate the basic laws or human civilization
break a law
break a promise
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