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break — as in break an understanding or a break (gap) in a wall

A less common meaning of breach is the rising and breaking out of the water by a whale.

He was sued for breach of contract.

breach = breaking

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;
Shakespeare, William -- King Henry V
...it is a custom more honoured in the breach than the observance.
William Shakespeare
Look at the whales out there breaching.
Ben Mikaeslen -- Touching Spirit Bear

breaching = rising and breaking out of the water

...the breach in it is wide.
J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Two Towers

breach = gap (in the wall)

If the outer wall were breached, archers would be posted on all the roofs.
Christopher Paolini -- Eragon

breached = broken through

8TH JUROR: He may have lied. [To the 10TH JUROR.] Do you think he lied?
10TH JUROR: Now that's a stupid question. Sure he lied.
8TH JUROR [to the 4TH JUROR]: Do you?
4TH JUROR: You know my answer. He lied.
8TH JUROR [to the 5TH JUROR]: Do you think he lied?
5TH JUROR: I'm not sure . . . [He breaks off and looks nervously around.]
3RD JUROR [leaping into the breach]: You're not sure about what? ...
Reginald Rose -- Twelve Angry Men

breach = break

To open it would have been a breach of trust.
Stoker, Bram -- The Lair of the White Worm
...it made the family breach much more difficult to mend...
Eliot, George -- The Mill on the Floss
...even she has left her, considering this a breach of propriety.
Tolstoy, Leo -- Anna Karenina
But I in danger for the breach of law.
Shakespeare, William -- King Henry VI, Part 2
—-They have made a breach in the barriers—-they rush in—-they are thrust back.
Scott, Walter -- Ivanhoe
A river whose estuary resembles a breach in a sand rampart may flow through a most fertile country.
Conrad, Joseph -- The Mirror of the Sea
Ship appears to have sunk very quickly, which would indicate a major hull breach.
Yann Martel -- Life of Pi
I had begun to fear for it, when I realized that it was very small, but in a breach position.
Katherine Paterson -- Jacob Have I Loved
Commerce will never forgive a breach of trust like that.
Pat Conroy -- The Lords of Discipline
The breaching of the Nazarene grew harder, his sighs became great gasps.
Lew Wallace -- Ben Hur
The drums beat in a frenetic tattoo, and I don't have to understand their strange language to know that it's a breach alarm.
Sabaa Tahir -- An Ember in the Ashes
Enter three abreast, as at the breach of Pontoise.
Victor Hugo -- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
A trial date for young Vladimir has not yet been discussed, but I do not think it will be long before the subject is breached.
Heather Brewer -- Tenth Grade Bleeds

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