INTERRUPTION
Definition:
- [noun] an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"
Synonyms: break, disruption, gap
- [noun] some abrupt occurrence that interrupts; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"
Synonyms: break
- [noun] a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
Synonyms: pause, intermission, break, suspension
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Related Words:
- cut-in, insert
- cut-in, insert
- interjection, interposition, interpolation, interpellation
- breaking off, abruption
- heckling, barracking
- dislocation, disruption
- punctuation
- suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement
- eclipse, occultation
- lapse
- blackout
- caesura
- dead air
- delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait
- halftime
- respite, rest, relief, rest period
- time-out
- letup, lull
