Thesaurus: interruption

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1. n. The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.
2. n. The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition.
3. n. Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption.
4. n. Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension.
5. n. an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
6. n. some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
7. n. a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
8. 1. The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon. 2. The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition. Sir M. Hale. Lest the interruption of time cause you to lose the idea of one part. Dryden. 3. Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption. 4. Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension.
9. n:100 n. some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity