n. 25B6; noun
a clear breach of the regulations : CONTRAVENTION, violation, infringement, infraction, transgression, neglect; Law delict.
a breach between government and Church : RIFT, schism, division, gulf, chasm; disunion, estrangement, discord, dissension, disagreement; split, break, rupture, scission; Brit. informal bust-up.
a breach in the sea wall : BREAK, rupture, split, crack, fracture; opening, gap, hole, fissure.
25B6; verb
the river breached its bank : BREAK (THROUGH), burst, rupture; informal bust.
the changes breached union rules : BREAK, contravene, violate, infringe; defy, disobey, flout, fly in the face of; Law infract.