breach
Definition
- n. a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
- n. an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
Word forms
- Past participle
- breached
- Present participle
- breaching
- Past tense
- breached
- Third person singular
- breaches
Example sentences
n.
The breach in the dam caused water to spill into the village.
vt.
The team managed to breach the enemy's defenses during the game.
vi.
The dolphin breached gracefully, delighting everyone on the boat.