A levee breach or levee failure (the word dike or dyke can also be used instead of levee) is a situation where a levee fails or is intentionally breached, causing the previously contained water to flood the land behind the levee.
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Famous quotes containing the word breach:
“But to my mind, though I am native here
And to the manner born, it is a custom
More honored in the breach than the observance.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)