inbreakn.
/ˈɪnbreɪk/ rare.
A breaking in, irruption, invasion, forcible incursion.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > violent
breakc1565
irruption1577
breach1578
breaking1617
inbreaking1652
inruption1809
inbreak1837
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incrash1861
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vii. x. 391 Deshuttes and Varigny, massacred at the first inbreak, have been beheaded in the Marble Court.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xli. 378 The first inbreak upon our desolate circle of ice and water that we had experienced in ninety-nine days.
1879 A. B. Davidson in Expositor 255 The inbreak of Phœnician idolatry.
Derivatives
ˈinˌbreaking n. and adj. (a) n. a breaking in; (b) adj. that breaks in.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > violent
breakc1565
irruption1577
breach1578
breaking1617
inbreaking1652
inruption1809
inbreak1837
inburst1837
break-in1856
inbursting1858
incrash1861
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [adjective] > violently
inbursting1858
inbreaking1891
1652 J. Pawson Brief Vindic. Free Grace 6 The out-breakings of corruption, the in-breakings of Satan.
1882 H. S. Holland Logic & Life (1885) 307 Waiting..for the inbreaking of God's tremendous Majesty.
1891 Moule Suppl. Cambr. Rev. p. lxi/2 The solemn gloom of judgment without the inbreaking sunshine of pardon.
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