grave breach

collocation in English

meaningsofgraveandbreach

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grave
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪv/us
/ɡreɪv/
seriously ...
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breach
noun[C]
uk
/briːtʃ/us
/briːtʃ/
an act of breaking a law, promise, agreement, ...
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(Definition ofgraveandbreachfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgrave breach

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We have, indeed, condemned the attack, which is agravebreachof international law.
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It represents agravebreachof international law.
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What is meant by "agravebreachof the conventions"?
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These proposals represent agravebreachof the doctrine of separation of powers.
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I must therefore make a very sincere protest against agravebreachof order.
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They were charged with agravebreachof the peace and a minimum sentence of 31 days' imprisonment was imposed by the local court.
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I regard that as agravebreachof faith.
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If you are going now to take it away and make it an adult hospital, that seems to me agravebreachof an agreement.
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Does he regard that as agravebreachof international law?
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They are still guilty of agravebreachof good manners.
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In uniform, it might lead to agravebreachof discipline, especially if the arguments get heated.
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It has been said that that is agravebreachof the confidential relationship between the solicitor and his client.
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We regard that as agravebreachfrom the point of view of his high office.
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That should be tackled because it is agravebreachof the law by the people employing them.
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It appears to us also to embody agravebreachof the constitutional proprieties.
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That was a verygravebreachof those elementary principles.
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Fifty-four stationmasters who were signatories of the memorial have been reprimanded and told that it was a verygravebreachof discipline.
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Failure to deliver company accounts is agravebreachof directors' duty to make a full disclosure.
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I believe that the judges rightly concluded that those proposals represent agravebreachof the doctrine of the separation of powers.
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It would be agravebreachof faith if we subsequently imposed those unnecessary costs in the name of an outdated socialism.
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