About The Word Interrupt
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What's The Definition Of Interrupt?
[v] end prematurely; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"
[v] destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading" [v] interfere in someone else's activity; "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone" [v] make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" Synonyms | Synonyms for Interrupt: break | break up | cut off | disrupt | disrupt | disturb Related Terms | Find terms related to Interrupt: arrest | barge in | blow it | bottle up | break | break in | break in on | break off | butt in | cease | check | chime in | chip in | countercheck | curb | cut in | cut off | cut short | dam up | damp | dampen | defer | delay | detain | disarrange | discontinue | disjoin | disrupt | disturb | end | go off half-cocked | halt | hinder | hold back | hold in check | hold up | horn in | impede | inhibit | intercept | interfere | interfere with | intermeddle | intermit | intervene | intrude | keep back | keep in check | meddle | oppose | postpone | punctuate | put in | repress | resist | restrain | retard | scotch | set back | slacken | snap the thread | snub | speak inopportunely | speak too late | stall | stay | stop | suppress | suspend | take a break | terminate See Also | act | barge in | barge in | block | break | break in | break in | break off | break off | break short | burst in on | burst upon | butt in | butt in | chime in | chime in | chisel in | chisel in | come in | cut | cut in | cut in | cut short | discontinue | end | freeze | harass | heckle | hold on | inject | interject | intermit | interpose | jam | move | pause | punctuate | put away | put in | put in | stop | stop | stop over | suspend | take off | take time off | terminate | throw in Interrupt In Webster's Dictionary \In`ter*rupt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Interrupted}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Interrupting}.] [L. interruptus, p. p. of
interrumpere to interrupt; inter between + rumpere to break.
See {Rupture}.]
1. To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking
in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the
current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of;
as, to interrupt the remarks speaking.
Do not interrupt me in my course. --Shak.
2. To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; as, the
evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.
\In`ter*rupt"\, p. a. [L. interruptus, p. p.] Broken; interrupted. [Obs.] --Milton. |
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