1. noun
a) 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;
b) 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.
"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead.
2. verb
a) To make a breach in.
They breached the outer wall, but not the main one.
b) To violate or break.
Once they breached the agreement, war became inevitable.
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