inbreak

verb

1. To break in; break into; make an incursion into; insert into; interrupt.

   transitive

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

Where it comes from

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”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry inbreak (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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