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breach

noun
  1. a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
  2. a personal or social separation, as between opposing factions
    “A breach opened up between the two friends that could never be fixed.”
    breakruptureseveranceriftfalling out
  3. an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
verb
  1. to make an opening or gap in
    “We need to breach the castle wall if we wish to severely penetrate their defenses.”
    gap
  2. to act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
    “Your actions obviously breached the rules we had set in place.”
    break