brèche — meaning in English

English meaning

• breach noun A failure to follow a law, agreement, or rule.
• gap noun An empty space or opening between two things, or a break in something continuous.
• loophole noun A gap, ambiguity, or technicality in a law or rule that lets someone avoid its intended effect.

Senses

brèche is used for these senses in English:

• 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.
• breccia (petrology) A rock composed of angular fragments in a matrix that may be of a similar or a different material.
• gap An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
• loophole (figurative) A method of escape, especially an ambiguity or exception in a rule or law that can be exploited in order to avoid its effect.

breach — full definition

1. noun A failure to follow a law, agreement, or rule.
2. noun A gap made by breaking through something solid, such as a wall or defence.
3. verb To break through or violate something.

gap — full definition

1. noun An empty space or opening between two things, or a break in something continuous.
2. noun A difference or shortfall between two things, especially an unfair or worrying one.
3. verb To leave open or unfilled, creating a gap; also, to stare open-mouthed.

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