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Definition of Inbreak
1. n. A breaking in; inroad; invasion.
Definition of Inbreak
1. Verb. (transitive) To break in; break into; make an incursion into; insert into; interrupt. ¹
2. Noun. A sudden violent inroad or incursion; an irruption. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inbreak
1. a violent rush in [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inbreak
Literary usage of Inbreak
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Views of Nature: Or, Contemplations on the Sublime Phenomena of Creation by Alexander von Humboldt, Elise C. Otté, Henry George Bohn (1850)
"An oceanic inbreak of this nature has given rise to two almost pyramidal peninsulas
of very different length and narrowness; and the prolongation of two ..."
2. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"inbreak, irruption : outbreak is common. ... massacred at the first inbreak, have
been beheaded in the Marble Court.—Ciir/y/e, Fr. Нее., Ft. I. Bk. VII. ch. ..."
3. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... massacred at the first inbreak, have been beheaded in the Marble Court; a
sacrifice to Jerome's manes: Jourdan with the tile-beard did that duty ..."
4. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1882)
"The worthy colonel seemed in no way dismayed at this sudden inbreak of distressed
women, which was very soon followed by the arrival of the gentlemen» to ..."
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