Past tense of breach
regular verb
The past tense of breach is breached. The past participle is also breached.
Forms of breach
| Base form (V1) | breach /ˈbɹiːt͡ʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | breached /bɹiːt͡ʃt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | breached /bɹiːt͡ʃt/ |
| Present participle | breaching /ˈbɹiːt͡ʃɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | breaches /ˈbɹiːt͡ʃɪz/ |
Breached in a sentence
- They breached the outer wall, but not the main one.
- The sea wall was breached completely for a distance of over 50 yd., and the gap had to be bridged by a temporary timber viaduct.1947 January and February, H. A. Vallance, “The Sea Wall at Dawlish”, in Railway Magazine, page 18
- It’s not a matter of if, but when, an organization will be breached.2022 September 30, Michael Coden, “Letters: Against Cyberattacks”, in The New York Times. From the entry cyberresilient
- Sergey’s family attended the memorial service in holopresence: physical quarantine was not breached.2017, Gwyneth Jones, Proof of Concept, Tor Publishing Group, page 29. From the entry holopresence
- The person who called perself a dom, but then breached a safeword or did something similarly non-consensual.1997 April 22, Anthony and Joy Hilbert, “ASB: Info PDQ please re local group rules”, in alt.sex.bondage (Usenet). From the entry perself
Meaning of breach
- noun 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.
- noun The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
- noun A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.
Questions about the past tense of breach
- What is the past tense of breach?
- The past tense of breach is breached.
- What is the past participle of breach?
- The past participle of breach is breached.
- Is breach a regular or irregular verb?
- Breach is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: breach (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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