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noun
A sudden violent inroad or incursion; an irruption; a breaking in.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To break in; break into; make an incursion into; insert into; interrupt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
From Middle English *inbreken, from Old English inbrecan (“to break into”), equivalent to in- + break. Cognate with Dutch inbreken (“to break in”), German einbrechen (“to break in”).
Across languages
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