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. Lloyd Austin:

   We’re training and equipping several brigades of mechanized infantry — that’s a pretty substantial capability, in addition to that, additional artillery, and so they’ll have the ability to breach Russian defenses and maneuver, and I think that will create a different dynamic.

2. The KVKK:

   The board has found that the necessary administrative and technical measures set out by law to prevent this data breach were not taken, and has fined Facebook 1.15 million lira for not realizing its responsibilities regarding data protection.

3. Interim DNC Chair Donna Brazile:

   Consistent with the different data breach notice laws in 47 states, The Democratic National Committee will be providing appropriate notice to affected individuals next week.

4. Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom:

   This has happened now on a number of occasions and in a very challenging way, we are tired of always having to protest against this kind of ... breach of rules.

5. Ayanna Pressley:

   For those that continue to feign great surprise about what happened on January 6. As a Black woman, to be barricaded in my office, using office furniture and water bottles on the ground in the dark that terror, those moments of terror, is familiar in a deep and ancestral way for me, i want us to do everything to ensure that a breach like this never occurs at the Capitol, but I want us to address the evil and scourge that is White supremacy in this nation. This is not only about securing the Capitol to ensure that members and our staffs and custodial staff and food service workers are safe in the Capitol. It is that we are safe in America.