BREACHING Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

breaching

verb

Definition of breaching next

present participle of breach

as in violating

to fail to keep a builder being sued by a homeowner for breaching a contract

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Recent Examples of breaching Passage has long been free and required no special permission, as formally guaranteed by the United Nations' 1982 Convention of the Law of the Sea, which means Iran is breaching international maritime law. —

CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026 Pro-Iranian hacking group Handala claims credit for breaching FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email account, posting old photos and documents online. —

Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026 So far, ShinyHunters has not boasted about breaching Crunchyroll. —

Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026 Arriving deputies saw the woman through a window before breaching the door, Igoe said. —

Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 21 Mar. 2026 The penalty for breaching cybercrime laws in the UAE is a minimum of two years in prison, as well as a 200,000 UAE dirham (around $54,000) fine. —

Cnn Staff, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026 Wife killed in February airstrikes Mojtaba Khamenei was a particular target for criticism by protesters during unrest over the death of a young woman in police custody in 2022, after she was arrested for allegedly breaching the Islamic Republic's strict dress codes. —

James Powel, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026 Oil prices breaching $100 already threaten inflation and consumer spending globally. —

Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026 Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez appears to be breaching the Football Association’s (FA) rules regarding promoting betting companies. —

Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026

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In their filing in Sacramento Superior Court, the residents accuse city officials of violating Measure O, which mandates that interim shelters sit more than 500 feet away from bodies of water or streams.

— Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Sculptor and illustrator Jacques Tilly, who designed the aforementioned float, has been reported to the police for disseminating hate speech and violating the Criminal Code, which prohibits the use of Nazi imagery for purposes not expressly linked to art, scholarship, teaching, or reporting.

— Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 1 Apr. 2026