Breached
/briːtʃt/
Definitions
- (v. (past tense)) Past tense of breach, meaning to fail to perform a legal obligation or to violate a law or agreement.
The party breached the contract by missing the delivery deadline.
Forms
- breach
- breaches
- breaching
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Commentary
As a past tense and past participle form, 'breached' does not have independent definitions but signals completed action of the base verb 'breach'.
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