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Einbrechen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • burgle verb To commit burglary.
  • crater noun A bowl-shaped hollow in the ground, caused by an explosion, impact, or volcanic activity.
  • encroachment noun The act of gradually intruding on someone else's land, rights or area of authority, or the intrusion itself.
  • inbreak verb To break in; break into; make an incursion into; insert into; interrupt.

Senses

Einbrechen is used for these senses in English:

  • break in (intransitive) To enter a place by force or illicit means.
  • break into (transitive, idiomatic) To enter illegally or by force, especially in order to commit a crime.
  • burgle (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) To commit burglary. [from 1867]
  • cave in To collapse inward or downward.
  • crater (figurative) To collapse catastrophically; to become devastated or completely destroyed.
  • encroachment An intrusion upon another's possessions or rights; infringement.
  • inbreak (transitive) To break in; break into; make an incursion into; insert into; interrupt.

burgle — full definition

  1. verb To commit burglary.
  2. verb To take the ball legally from an opposing player.

crater — full definition

  1. noun A bowl-shaped hollow in the ground, caused by an explosion, impact, or volcanic activity.
  2. verb To collapse or fail suddenly and completely.

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