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/ˌɪntərˈəpt/ /ˌɪnərˈəpt/ Listen

Interrupt

verb

(past & past part. interrupted; pres. part. interrupting)

Make a break in. Synonyms: break up, cut off, disrupt.

Destroy the peace or tranquility of. Synonym: disturb.

Interfere in someone else's activity. Synonym: disrupt.

Terminate. Synonym: break. "Break a lucky streak" , "Break the cycle of poverty"

noun

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

... I have or have not done. Walk with me. I am going to talk plainly to you. If what I say is distasteful, don't hesitate to interrupt me. You interest me, partly because you act like a boy, partly because you are ...

— Parrot & Co. • Harold MacGrath

... not stir; with his hands crossed upon his knees he kept his sharp, penetrating eyes fixed upon those of the priest. And when the latter had at last ceased speaking, he slowly said: "I did not like to interrupt you, Monsieur l'Abbe, but it was not for me to hear all this. Process against your book has begun, and no power in the world can stay or impede its course. I do not therefore realise what it is that ...

— The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete - Lourdes, Rome and Paris • Emile Zola

... beginning with the scullions, had every boy and man tortured over the brazier, asking no question of any till he had felt the heat of the fire and had begun to yell for mercy. Then he would interrupt the torture, question the victim, bid the torturers again hold their subject close to the fire; and again suspend the torture and ask questions. Naturally the victims, frantic with pain and terror, said whatever they thought would get ...

— Andivius Hedulio • Edward Lucas White

... Gustave did not interrupt her. His interest was too profound for any conventional expression. He was listening to the story of his future wife's youth. That there could be any passage in that history which would hinder him from claiming this woman as his wife was a possibility he did not for a moment contemplate. ...

— Charlotte's Inheritance • M. E. Braddon

... tell Lionel the substance of the communication made to him by Mrs. Tynn. Lionel sat, bending forward, his elbow on his knee, and his fingers unconsciously running amidst the curls of his dark chestnut hair, as he listened to it. He did not interrupt the narrative, ...

— Verner's Pride • Mrs. Henry Wood

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