Clues for the word "BREACH"

We've had 30 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 38 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on May 21, 2024.

Definition of breach

n. - The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
n. - Specifically: 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.
n. - A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture.
n. - A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf.
n. - A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture.
n. - A bruise; a wound.
n. - A hernia; a rupture.
n. - A breaking out upon; an assault.
v. t. - To make a breach or opening in; as, to breach the walls of a city.
v. i. - To break the water, as by leaping out; -- said of a whale.