INTERRUPT
Definition:
- [verb] make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"
Synonyms: disrupt, break up, cut off
- [verb] destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"
Synonyms: disturb
- [verb] interfere in someone else's activity; "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone"
Synonyms: disrupt
- [verb] terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"
Synonyms: break
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Related Words:
- cut, cut off
- punctuate
- break
- put away
- pause, intermit, break
- chime in, cut in, put in, butt in, chisel in, barge in, break in
- burst in on, burst upon
- heckle
- interject, come in, interpose, put in, throw in, inject
- jam, block
- stop, stop over
- take off, take time off
- cut in
- cut short
- hold on, stop
- cut short, break short, break off
- freeze, suspend
