inbreak

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inbreak

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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”).

verb inbreaks · inbreaking · inbroke · inbroken

  1. transitive To break in; break into; make an incursion into; insert into; interrupt. Its role is various: to make a claim on, to encounter, to confront, to shake, to inbreak, to erupt, to disrupt, and to disclose.

noun inbreaks

  1. A sudden violent inroad or incursion; an irruption; a breaking in. The inbreak of self-consciousness brought out the facts of his inner life into ritualistic and afterwards into intellectual forms.

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verb to make an incursion into

Deutscheindringen, einbrechen, einfallen

noun A sudden violent inroad or incursion

DeutschEindringen, Einbruch

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@misc{inbreak_2026,
  title = {inbreak},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/inbreak},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}