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Inbreak

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

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."

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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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”).

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