| Main Entry: | breach |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gap |
Synonyms: |
aperture, break, chasm, chip, cleft, crack, discontinuity, fissure, hole, opening, rent, rift, rupture, slit, split |
| Notes: | breach is an infraction, gap, or break; breech is the rear or lower portion of things |
Antonyms: |
bridge, connection |
| Main Entry: | breach |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | violation of a law |
Synonyms: |
barratry, contravention, delinquency, dereliction, disobedience, disregard, infraction, infringement, neglect, noncompliance, nonobservance, offense, transgression, trespass, violation |
Antonyms: |
upholding |
| Main Entry: | breach |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change from friendly to unfriendly relationship |
Synonyms: |
alienation, break, difference, disaffection, disagreement, discord, disharmony, dissension, disunity, division, estrangement, falling-out, fissure, fracture, parting of the ways, quarrel, rent, rift, rupture, schism, secession, separation, severance, split, strife, variance, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | alienation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unfriendliness |
Synonyms: |
breach, breaking off, coolness, disaffection, diverting, division, divorce, estrangement, indifference, remoteness, rupture, separation, setting against, turning away, variance, withdrawal |
Antonyms: |
charm, endearment, friendliness |
| Main Entry: | aperture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hole |
Synonyms: |
breach, break, chasm, chink, cleft, crack, cut, eye, fissure, gap, gash, interstice, opening, orifice, outlet, passage, perforation, pinhole, puncture, rift, rupture, slash, slit, slot, space, vent |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fissure, opening |
Synonyms: |
breach, cleft, crack, discontinuity, disjunction, division, fracture, gap, gash, hole, rent, rift, rupture, schism, split, tear |
| Notes: | to brake is to slow or stop while break is to cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently, smash or crack |
Antonyms: |
association, attachment, binding, combination, fastening, juncture |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change from friendly to unfriendly relationship |
Synonyms: |
alienation, altercation, breach, clash, difference of opinion, disaffection, dispute, divergence, estrangement, fight, misunderstanding, rift, rupture, schism, separation, split, trouble |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | violate law |
Synonyms: |
breach, contravene, disobey, disregard, infract, infringe, offend, renege on, transgress, violate |
Antonyms: |
agree, obey |
| Main Entry: | break in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intrude |
Synonyms: |
barge in, breach, break and enter, burglarize, burgle, burst in, butt in, interfere, interject, interrupt, intervene, invade, meddle, raid, rob, steal, trespass |
| Main Entry: | burst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blow-up, blast |
Synonyms: |
access, bang, barrage, blowout, bombardment, breach, break, cannonade, crack, discharge, eruption, explosion, fit, flare, fusillade, gush, gust, outbreak, outpouring, round, rupture, rush, sally, salvo, shower, spate, split, spurt, storm, surge, torrent, volley |