break in

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of BREAK IN

to enter a house or building by force usually with illegal intent <the burglars broke in by smashing a window>

Synonyms burglarize, burgle

Related Words invade, trespass; hold up, loot, plunder, rip off, rob, stick up; ransack, rifle; despoil, devastate, maraud, pillage, ravage, sack

to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion <he rudely broke in to drop the names of several celebrities that he had met>

Synonyms break in, chime in, chip in [chiefly British], cut in, interpose, intrude

Related Words barge (in), bother, horn in; add, contribute, put in

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