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Interrupt   /ˌɪntərˈəpt/  /ˌɪnərˈəpt/   Listen
Interrupt

verb
(past & past part. interrupted; pres. part. interrupting)
1.
Make a break in.  Synonyms: break up, cut off, disrupt.
2.
Destroy the peace or tranquility of.  Synonym: disturb.
3.
Interfere in someone else's activity.  Synonym: disrupt.
4.
Terminate.  Synonym: break.  "Break a lucky streak" , "Break the cycle of poverty"
noun
1.
A signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out.



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"Interrupt" Quotes from Famous Books



... reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them, by the ties of our common kindred, to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They, too, have been deaf to the voice of justice and consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity which denounces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war—in ...
— The Road to Independence: Virginia 1763-1783 • Virginia State Dept. of Education
... secluded lane that led from behind the Farm Hospital barns to a little patch of woodland through which a clear stream sparkled, a silent, intimate, leafy oasis amid an army-ridden desert, where there was only a cow to stare at them, knee deep in young mint, only a shy cardinal bird to interrupt them ...
— Ailsa Paige • Robert W. Chambers
... could be seen likely to interrupt the enjoyments and harmony of such a day, the sisters descended to the parlor, with a returning confidence in their brother's security, and their ...
— The Spy • James Fenimore Cooper
... uncommon for an editor to interrupt some of these revolutionary letters by a "Here ...
— Collected Poems - In Two Volumes, Vol. II • Austin Dobson
... do I interrupt the allegory of my mate, no matter how startling its structure. He adventures orally when and in the manner the spirit calls, without rote, form, or tone production. Therefore I kicked my blistered heels in the ...
— Pardners • Rex Beach


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