fForcibly separating, parting, disintegrating, or piercing any solid substance. In the law as to housebreaking and burglary, it means the tearing away or removal of any part of a house or of the locks, latches, or other fastenings intended to secure it, ory otherwise exerting force to gain an entrance, with the intent to commit a felony; or violently or forcibly. breaking out of a house, after having unlawfully entered it, in the attempt to escape. Gaddie v. Com., 117