Thesaurus: interrupt

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1. v. t. 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.
2. v. t. To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; as, the evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.
3. p. a. Broken; interrupted.
4. n. a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out
5. v. make a break in
6. v. destroy the peace or tranquility of
7. v. interfere in someone else's activity
8. v. terminate or end
9. 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. Broken; interrupted. [Obs.] Milton.
10. Broken; interrupted. [Obs.] Milton.
11. n:11/v:89 n. a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out v. make a break in v. destroy the peace or tranquility of v. interfere in someone else's activity