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διάρρηξη
break-in /ðiˈa.ri.ksi/
nounB2#2394 most common
Also: burglary, rupture, breach
Example sentences
Έγινε διάρρηξη στο σπίτι μου.
There was a break-in at my house.
Η αστυνομία ερευνά τη διάρρηξη του καταστήματος.
The police are investigating the break-in at the store.
Οι διαρρήξεις αυξήθηκαν φέτος στη γειτονιά μας.
Break-ins have increased this year in our neighborhood.
Ο ύποπτος συνελήφθη για τη διάρρηξη τράπεζας που έγινε το βράδυ.
The suspect was arrested for the bank break-in that happened at night.
Μετά τη διάρρηξη της αορτής, ο ασθενής μεταφέρθηκε επειγόντως στο νοσοκομείο.
After the rupture of the aorta, the patient was rushed to the hospital.
Η εταιρεία ανακοίνωσε ότι απέτρεψε μια απόπειρα διάρρηξης στο σύστημα ασφαλείας της.
The company announced it had thwarted an attempted breach of its security system.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | η διάρρηξη | οι διαρρήξεις |
| Genitive | της διάρρηξης | των διαρρήξεων |
| Accusative | τη διάρρηξη | τις διαρρήξεις |
| Vocative | διάρρηξη | διαρρήξεις |
Word family
διαρρηγνύωto break through, rupture
διαρρήκτηςburglar
ρήγμαrupture, fault, breach
ρωγμήcrack, fissure
διαρρηγμένοςbroken, ruptured
Etymology
The word comes from the verb διαρρήγνυμι, built from the prefix δια- (through, apart) and ρήγνυμι (to break, burst). The noun διάρρηξη is formed on the aorist stem of that verb and originally meant a violent breaking apart. Modern Greek narrowed the everyday sense to forcing open a door or lock, hence burglary, while medical and technical registers kept the older sense of rupture or breach.
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