"breaches" in the noun sense
1. breach
a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
2. breach
an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
3. rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out
a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions
"they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
"breaches" in the verb sense
1. transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
"offend all laws of humanity"
"violate the basic laws or human civilization"
"break a law"
"break a promise"
2. gap, breach
make an opening or gap in
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