Defenition of the word interrupt
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Defenition of the word interrupt
- end prematurely; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"
- interfere in someone else's activity; "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone"
- make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"
- destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"
- terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"
- destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don''t interrupt me when I''m reading"
- interfere in someone else''s activity; "Please don''t interrupt me while I''m on the phone"
- a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out
- terminate
- destroy the peace or tranquility of
- interfere in someone else's activity
- make a break in
Synonyms for the word interrupt
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- break
- break up
- cut off
- disrupt
- disturb
Hyponyms for the word interrupt
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- barge in
- block
- break
- break in
- break off
- break short
- burst in on
- burst upon
- butt in
- chime in
- chisel in
- come in
- cut
- cut in
- cut off
- cut short
- freeze
- heckle
- hold on
- inject
- interject
- intermit
- interpose
- jam
- pause
- punctuate
- put aside
- put away
- put in
- stop
- stop over
- suspend
- take off
- take time off
- throw in
Hypernyms for the word interrupt
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- act
- barge in
- break
- break in
- break off
- butt in
- chime in
- chisel in
- cut in
- discontinue
- end
- move
- put in
- signal
- stop
- terminate
Idioms for the word interrupt
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