Definition of breach

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Breach (n.) A breaking out upon; an assault.

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Disruption :: Disruption (n.) The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; disruption of a state..
Brike :: Brike (n.) A breach; ruin; downfall; peril.
Heal :: Heal (v. t.) To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt; as, to heal dissensions..
Wound :: Wound (n.) To hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of parts, in, as by a cut, stab, blow, or the like..
Breached :: Breached (imp. & p. p.) of Breac.
Solution :: Solution (n.) The act of separating the parts of any body, or the condition of undergoing a separation of parts; disruption; breach..
Crack :: Crack (n.) A partial separation of parts, with or without a perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach; a crevice; as, a crack in timber, or in a wall, or in glass..
Prosecute :: Prosecute (v. t.) To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot..
Forfeit :: Forfeit (n.) A thing forfeit or forfeited; what is or may be taken from one in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, offense, neglect of duty, or breach of contract; hence, a fine; a mulct; a penalty; as, he who murders pays the forfeit of his life..
Irreparable :: Irreparable (a.) Not reparable; not capable of being repaired, recovered, regained, or remedied; irretrievable; irremediable; as, an irreparable breach; an irreparable loss..
Widen :: Widen (v. t.) To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking..
Sell :: Sell (v. t.) To make a matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price or reward for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the like; to betray..
Discontinuation :: Discontinuation (n.) Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts in a connected series; discontinuance.
Chasm :: Chasm (n.) A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure..
Countermure :: Countermure (n.) A wall raised behind another, to supply its place when breached or destroyed. [R.] Cf. Contramure..
Hersillon :: Hersillon (n.) A beam with projecting spikes, used to make a breach impassable..
Assumpsit :: Assumpsit (n.) An action to recover damages for a breach or nonperformance of a contract or promise, express or implied, oral or in writing not under seal. Common or indebitatus assumpsit is brought for the most part on an implied promise. Special assumpsit is founded on an express promise or undertaking..
Breach :: Breach (n.) A bruise; a wound.
Counterguard :: Counterguard (n.) A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire..
Barratry :: Barratry (n.) A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of master, or of the mariners, to the injury of the owner of the ship or cargo, and without his consent. It includes every breach of trust committed with dishonest purpose, as by running away with the ship, sinking or deserting her, etc., or by embezzling the cargo..
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