The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
But were the poet to make a total difression from his subject, and introduce a new actor, nowise connected with the personages, the imagination, feeling a breach in transition, would enter coldly into the new scene;
A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.
breach of promise
To make a breach in.
They breached the outer wall, but not the main one.
To violate or break.
A particular security exploit against HTTPS when using HTTP compression, based on the CRIME exploit.
From Middle English breche, from Old English bryċe (“fracture, breach”) and brǣċ (“breach, breaking, destruction”), from Proto-West Germanic *bruki, from Proto-Germanic *brukiz (“breach, fissure”) and...
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"I therefore agree with the Court that the Government did breach its contract with petitioners in failing to approve, within 30 days of its receipt, the plan of exploration petitioners submitted."
To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.
On this occasion, the damage was far more serious. The sea wall was breached completely for a distance of over 50 yd., and the gap had to be bridged by a temporary timber viaduct.