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break-in definition

break·-in (brāk′in′)

noun

the act of forcibly entering a building, apartment, etc., esp. in order to rob

adjective

designating or of the period of first use, intended to prepare or train something or someone new

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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