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/ˌɪntərˈəptɪd/ /ˌɪnərˈəptɪd/ Listen

verb

Interrupt v. t. (past & past part. interrupted; pres. part. interrupting)

To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks of anyone speaking. "Do not interrupt me in my course."

To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; as, the evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.

adjective

Interrupted adj.

Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped.

(Bot.) Irregular; said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf.

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Etymology of 'Interrupted'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Interrupted" Quotes from Famous Books

... dare say I smelt breasts and armpits together; but whatever the compound, it was delicious to me, it seemed to enervate me. The same woman, when I kissed her on the sly afterwards, let me put my nose down her neck to smell her. We were interrupted. "There is someone ...

— My Secret Life, Volumes I. to III. - 1888 Edition • Anonymous

... were again joined by Mr. Franklin and Belcour. It had interrupted an interesting discourse. They found it impossible to converse on indifferent subjects, and proceeded home in silence. At Mr. Franklin's door Montraville again pressed Julia's hand, and faintly articulating "good night," retired to his lodgings dispirited ...

— Charlotte Temple • Susanna Rowson

... Trampling of hoofs interrupted the rider. More restless movements on the part of Tull's men broke up the little circle, ...

— Riders of the Purple Sage • Zane Grey

... had read Morus's Fides Publica in its imperfect state, and was considering in what form he should reply to it, his thoughts on the subject must have been interrupted by the new misfortune of his friend Overton. What that was has already been explained generally (ante pp. 32-33); but the details of the ...

— The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 • David Masson

... every distress and fatigue seems to be forgotten. When we behold a servant approaching with a sprig of the Dona in his hand, we hail it as the olive-branch, that denotes peace and good-will for the rest of the day, if, as must sometimes be the case, they have been in any way interrupted. ...

— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 20, No. 562, Saturday, August 18, 1832. • Various

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