Synonyms for breach
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1. breachnoun

   Synonyms:
   break, gap, rift, rupture

2. breachnoun

   To make a breach in.

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

   Synonyms:
   break, rift, gap, rupture

3. breachnoun

   A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise.

   Synonyms:
   rupture, break, rift, gap

4. breachnoun

   , to break into a ship or into a coastal defence

   Synonyms:
   break, rupture, gap, rift

5. breachnoun

   A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture.

   Synonyms:
   rift, break, rupture, gap

6. breachnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   gap, break, rift, rupture

7. breachnoun

   A breaking out upon; an assault.

   Synonyms:
   rupture, break, rift, gap

8. breachnoun

   A bruise; a wound.

   Synonyms:
   rift, rupture, gap, break

9. breachnoun

   A hernia; a rupture.

   Synonyms:
   rift, gap, rupture, break

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 6 votes

1. breach

   Synonyms:
   rupture, divulsion, gap, quarrel, violation, nonperformance

   Antonyms:
   integrity, conservation, healing, reconciliation, inviolateness, fulfillment

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. breachnoun

   a failure to perform some promised act or obligation

   Synonyms:
   rupture, severance, break, falling out, rift

2. breachnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   rupture, severance, break, falling out, rift

3. rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling outverb

   a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

   "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"

   Synonyms:
   recess, good luck, rift, fault, prison-breaking, breakout, fracture, suspension, break of serve, happy chance, respite, geological fault, faulting, gaolbreak, shift, interruption, time out, severance, pause, open frame, disruption, jailbreak, gap, severing, falling out, prisonbreak, breaking, breakage, rupture, intermission, break

4. transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, breakverb

   act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

   "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"

   Synonyms:
   crack, break away, plunder, soften, reveal, give out, unwrap, conk out, spite, part, collapse, disclose, die, transgress, ruin, founder, weaken, rape, outrage, discover, trespass, snap off, stop, go, demote, wear out, break out, separate, split, give away, damp, smash, interrupt, spoil, offend, appal, wound, overstep, relegate, bring out, violate, hurt, divulge, pause, break-dance, assault, get around, ravish, cave in, let on, buck, pique, desecrate, check, break up, break in, give, split up, dishonour, better, gap, burst, injure, break off, dishonor, bust, erupt, bruise, recrudesce, break dance, go against, dampen, fall in, bump, let out, scandalise, fall apart, kick downstairs, scandalize, profane, fracture, break down, shock, infract, fail, come apart, bankrupt, develop, give way, sin, expose, break, go bad, discontinue, despoil, intermit, get out, appall, wear

5. gap, breachverb

   make an opening or gap in

   Synonyms:
   violate, infract, offend, gap, break, go against, transgress

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1. • Failure
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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. breachnoun

   Synonyms:
   break, fracture, rupture, opening, chasm, gap, crack, flaw, fissure, rent, rift

2. breachnoun

   Synonyms:
   infraction, violation, infringement, non-observance

3. breachnoun

   Synonyms:
   quarrel, difference, variance, disagreement, dissension, schism, misunderstanding, alienation, disaffection, rupture, falling out

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. breachnoun

   Synonyms:
   breaking, rupture, infraction, violation, trespass, nonobservance, hernia, rupture, falling out, alienation, disaffection, variance, difference, separation, ruption, disruption

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1. List of paraphrases for "breach":

   violation, infringement, contravention, non-compliance, violate, offence, violations, rape, non-performance, breccia, non-fulfilment, rupture, infringe, contrary, failure, violating, contravene, sprain, breakdown, breaching, infraction, breakage, break, dereliction, abuse, non-observance, default, breaches, breaking, non-respect, intrusion

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1. Fox News:

   There were no less than eight law enforcement agencies present in the hallway leading up to the breach of the door at Robb Elementary School, every briefing, he leaves out the number of his own officers and rangers that were on scene that day. He leaves out that during this time, every other classroom in the building was safely evacuated by Uvalde peace officers with the assistance of Border Patrol.

2. Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen:

   Although the storming of the Capitol was a tragic episode in our nation's history, I take some comfort in the resilience of our institutions in the face of such an attack, as demonstrated by Congress's ability to reconvene and fulfill its constitutional duties just hours after the breach.

3. Jaclyn Falkowski:

   We are aware of the breach and will be looking into it, illinois will investigate.

4. Laurence Taylor:

   It was disappointing that a relatively small group in Hyde Park came together to protest the regulations in clear breach of the guidance, putting themselves and others at risk of infection, officers once again, took a measured approach and tried to engage the group to disperse. They clearly had no intention of doing so, and so it did result in 19 people being arrested, and a further ten being issued with a fixed penalty notice.

5. Justice Minister Masako Mori:

   It was a breach of faith that can't be explained to our children.