| VERB | social | break in, break | enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act |
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| communication | break in, chime in, cut in, put in, butt in, chisel in, barge in | break into a conversation | |
| change | break in | start in a certain activity, enterprise / enterprise, or role | |
| contact | break in | intrude on uninvited | |
| change | break in | break so as to fall inward | |
| change | break in, break | make submissive, obedient, or useful |
| Meaning | Enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | break | |
| Entailed by | burglarize, burglarise, burgle, heist | commit a burglary |
| Narrower | crack | Gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions |
| Broader | trespass, intrude | Enter unlawfully on someone's property |
| Spanish | allanar | |
| Nouns | break-in | trespassing for an unlawful / unlawful purpose |
| Meaning | break into a conversation. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | chime in, cut in, put in, butt in, chisel in, barge in | |
| Narrower | interrupt, disrupt | interfere in someone else's activity |
| Broader | interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off | make a break / break in |
| Spanish | cortar, entrometerse, incorporarse, interrumpir, meterse, tomar parte, unirse | |
| Meaning | start in a certain activity, enterprise / enterprise, or role. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence | Take the first ... / first step or steps in carrying out an action |
| Catalan | començar | |
| Meaning | intrude on uninvited. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Broader | intrude, irrupt | Enter uninvited |
| Meaning | break so as to fall inward. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Narrower | stave in | break in the staves (of) |
| Broader | break | Destroy the integrity of |
| Catalan | forçar | |
| Meaning | make submissive, obedient, or useful. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | break | |
| Cause to | break | Be broken in |
| Broader | domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame | Overcome the wildness of |
| Similar to | break | Be broken in |
| Spanish | controlar, domar, domesticar, entrenar | |
| Catalan | controlar | |
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