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Defenition of the word break in

    • Defenition of the word break in

      • The act of entering with the intent to steal.
      • To make obedient, docile and tractable; to train to follow orders of the owner.  
      • break so as to call inward; "He broke in the door"
      • start in a certain activity, enterprise, or role
      • intrude on uninvited: "The nosy couple broke in on our conversation"
      • make submissive, obedient, or useful, as of wild animals or new items: "The horse was tough to break"; used metaphorically for people
      • enter someone's property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act; "Someone broke in while I was on vacation"; "They broke into my car and stole my radio!"
      • break into a conversation; "her husband always chimes in, even wehn he is not involved in the conversation"
      • make submissive, obedient, or useful; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern"
      • break into a conversation; "her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation"
      • intrude on uninvited; "The nosy couple broke in on our conversation"
      • enter someone''s property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act; "Someone broke in while I was on vacation"; "They broke into my car and stole my radio!"
      • make submissive, obedient, or useful
      • break so as to fall inward
      • break into a conversation
      • intrude on uninvited
      • enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act

    Synonyms for the word break in

      • barge in
      • break
      • butt in
      • chime in
      • chisel in
      • cut in
      • put in

    Hyponyms for the word break in

      • crack
      • disrupt
      • interrupt
      • stave in

    Hypernyms for the word break in

      • begin
      • break
      • break up
      • chasten
      • commence
      • cut off
      • disrupt
      • domesticate
      • domesticise
      • domesticize
      • get
      • get down
      • interrupt
      • intrude
      • irrupt
      • reclaim
      • set about
      • set out
      • start
      • start out
      • subdue
      • tame
      • trespass

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