inbreak

English

Etymology

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

inbreak (third-person singular simple present inbreaks, present participle inbreaking, simple past inbroke, past participle inbroken)

1. (transitive) To break in; break into; make an incursion into; insert into; interrupt.
   • 2003, John S. McClure, The Four Codes of Preaching:

     Its role is various: to make a claim on, to encounter, to confront, to shake, to inbreak, to erupt, to disrupt, and to disclose.

   • 2004, William McCloskey, Raiders:

     "You come back to inbreak again, or you bring kids to do it for you?"

   • 2007, Sarah McFarland Taylor, Green sisters:

     Our deepest longing lies wholeheartedly in our single hearted desire for God, in following Jesus, Icon of Wisdom Sophia as he continues to INBREAK [meaning “insert itself”] in our time and in giving ourselves unconditionally for healing of the Earth.

Derived terms

• inbreaking

Translations

to make an incursion into

• German: eindringen (de), einbrechen (de), einfallen (de)

Noun

inbreak (plural inbreaks)

1. A sudden violent inroad or incursion; an irruption; a breaking in.
   • 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 147:

     The inbreak of self-consciousness brought out the facts of his inner life into ritualistic and afterwards into intellectual forms.

Translations

A sudden violent inroad or incursion

• Bulgarian: нахлуване (bg) n (nahluvane), нашествие (bg) n (našestvie)
• German: Eindringen (de) n, Einbruch (de) m

Anagrams

• break in, break-in, breakin'