Pronunciations (3)
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/ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/
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/ˈɪntəˌɹʌpt/
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ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt
Verb
To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.
Usage- Transitive or intransitive
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A maverick politician repeatedly interrupted the debate by shouting.
Do not interrupt me in my course.
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One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.
To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.
Usage- Transitive
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The evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.
To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.
Usage- Transitive
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The packet receiver circuit interrupted the microprocessor.
Noun
An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition.
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The interrupt caused the packet handler routine to run.
Noun
a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out
- Broader terms
Verb
make a break in
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We interrupt the program for the following messages
destroy the peace or tranquility of
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Don't interrupt me when I'm reading
interfere in someone else's activity
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Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone
terminate or end
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She interrupted her pregnancy
break a lucky streak
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break the cycle of poverty