Definition of "breach" in английский

noun

1. A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence.

2. The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.

3. (law) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.

   • breach of promise

4. A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling out.

5. (figurative) A difference in opinions, social class, etc.

6. A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves.

   • A clear breach is when the waves roll over the vessel without breaking. A clean breach is when everything on deck is swept away.

7. A breaking out upon; an assault.

8. (archaic) A bruise; a wound.

9. (archaic) A hernia; a rupture.

verb

1. (transitive) To make a breach in.

   • They breached the outer wall, but not the main one.

2. (transitive) To violate or break.

3. (transitive, nautical, of the sea) To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.

4. (intransitive) To suffer a breach.

5. (intransitive, of a whale or other sea creature) To leap out of the water.

6. (law, informal, transitive, usually passive) To charge, convict or take legal action against someone due to not meeting a legal obligation.