breach

A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence

A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling-out.

A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves

“A clear breach is when the waves roll over the vessel without breaking. A clean breach is when everything on deck is swept away.”

A breaking out upon; an assault.

A bruise; a wound.

A hernia; a rupture.

A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment

A difference in opinions, social class etc.

The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.

To make a breach in.

“They breached the outer wall, but not the main one.”

To violate or break.

(of the sea) To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.

(of a whale) To leap out of the water.