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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
RE
Scrabble score
13
CEFR level
B1

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noun

  1. a failure to perform some promised act or obligation

noun

  1. a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

    “they hoped to avoid a break in relations”

noun

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

verb

  1. make an opening or gap in

verb

  1. 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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