🇬🇧 Breach meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

To breach something means to break an important rule, law, or promise that you were supposed to follow, like when you agree to do something and then don’t do it, or when you do something you were clearly told not to do.

I made a pinky promise not to tell my friend’s secret, then almost breached it by writing it in super-obvious code on my notebook.

I promised to guard my sister’s diary, then breached my duty by accidentally sitting on it and snapping the lock.

I promised not to breach our bedtime agreement, but then I stayed up reading comics with a flashlight until 2 a.m.

The robot vacuum breached the “no toy area” law and swallowed three plastic soldiers and a tiny shoe.

Pirates who breached their own “no losing treasure” rule were so bad at it that historians say many famous pirate chests were just forgotten or sunk by accident.

Sam promised not to breach the fence. He warned himself: do not breach the rule, do not breach a promise, do not breach the yard gate. Yet a step slipped; he did breach the gate and breach the rule. The dog ran; Sam caught it, mended the gate, and felt deeply sorry.

This word is at the C1 level, which means it’s part of advanced English. It’s used in sophisticated conversations, professional settings, and academic discussions. Words at this level help you express yourself fluently and precisely in nuanced situations.

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