Synonyms for interrupt
ˌɪn təˈrʌpt; ˈɪn təˌrʌpt

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1. interrupt(verb)

   a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out

2. interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off(verb)

   make a break in

   "We interrupt the program for the following messages"

   Synonyms:
   fragmentise, fragmentize, amputate, decompose, collapse, cut, crash, chip, split up, pick, cut out, dismantle, break up, knap, recess, lop off, part, crock up, sever, cut off, fragment, split, disperse, separate, disrupt, dissolve, chop off, crack, disassemble, break apart, break off, calve, dissipate, scatter, break down, resolve, take apart, dispel, adjourn, break, crack up, disturb

3. interrupt, disturb(verb)

   destroy the peace or tranquility of

   "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"

   Synonyms:
   disrupt, disturb, trouble, break up, touch, raise up, vex, cut off, stir up, commove, shake up, break, agitate, upset

4. interrupt, disrupt(verb)

   interfere in someone else's activity

   "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone"

   Synonyms:
   disrupt, break up, disturb, break, cut off

5. interrupt, break(verb)

   terminate

   "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"

   Synonyms:
   demote, kick downstairs, cave in, collapse, let on, break-dance, bring out, offend, reveal, die, disclose, soften, split up, pause, fail, smash, crack, wear out, weaken, get around, go bad, break up, expose, transgress, break away, split, unwrap, come apart, bankrupt, ruin, cut off, dampen, give away, get out, break off, separate, fall apart, break out, fall in, give out, go, founder, break in, bust, break dance, stop, intermit, divulge, breach, disrupt, snap off, damp, check, violate, erupt, give, fracture, develop, break down, discontinue, give way, conk out, better, part, relegate, burst, break, bump, infract, go against, recrudesce, disturb, discover, wear, let out

Wiktionary(3.57 / 7 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. interrupt(noun)

   Antonyms:
   continue, resume

2. interrupt(verb)

   to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action by interfering suddenly.

   A maverick politician repeatedly interrupted the debate by shouting.

   Antonyms:
   continue, resume

3. interrupt(verb)

   The packet receiver circuit interrupted the microprocessor.

   Antonyms:
   resume, continue

English Synonyms and Antonyms(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. interrupt

   To hinder is to keep from action, progress, motion, or growth, or to make such action, progress, motion, or growth later in beginning or completion than it would otherwise have been. An action is prevented by anything that comes in before it to make it impossible; it is hindered by anything that keeps it from either beginning or ending so soon as it otherwise would, or as expected or intended. It is more common, however, to say that the start is delayed, the progress hindered. An action that is hindered does not take place at the appointed or appropriate time; that which is prevented does not take place at all; to hinder a thing long enough may amount to preventing it. A railroad-train may be hindered by a snow-storm from arriving on time; it may by special order be prevented from starting. To retard is simply to make slow by any means whatever. To obstruct is to hinder, or possibly to prevent advance or passage by putting something in the way; to oppose or resist is to hinder, or possibly to prevent by directly contrary or hostile action, resist being the stronger term and having more suggestion of physical force; obstructed roads hinder the march of an enemy, tho there may be no force strong enough to oppose it; one opposes a measure, a motion, an amendment, or the like; it is a criminal offense to resist an officer in the discharge of his duty; the physical system may resist the attack of disease or the action of a remedy. Compare CONQUER; IMPEDIMENT; OBSTRUCT.

   See synonyms for QUICKEN.

   Synonyms:
   baffle, balk, bar, block, check, clog, counteract, delay, embarrass, encumber, foil, frustrate, hamper, hinder, impede, obstruct, oppose, prevent, resist, retard, stay, stop, thwart

   Preposition:
   Hinder one in his progress; from acting promptly; by opposition.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. interrupt

   Synonyms:
   break, disconnect, discontinue, intersect, disturb, stop, hinder

   Antonyms:
   continue, prosecute, expedite

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Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. interrupt(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   disturb, break in upon, hinder from proceeding

2. interrupt(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   separate, divide, break, disconnect, disunite, disjoin

3. interrupt(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   intermit, suspend, discontinue, break off, leave off

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   interruption, outage, discontinue, blackout, suspend, disrupt, disruption, break, disturb, stop, terminate, trap, adjourn, interrupted, discontinuance, interupt, bother, halt, intrude, harford

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How to use interrupt in a sentence?

1. Demetrius Cole:

   My job is to interrupt transmissions, we try to come up with different kinds of ways to deter these kids from the ways they're used to thinking, and give them a different outlook.

2. Raymond Chandler:

   Would you convey my compliments to the purist who reads your proofs and tell him or her that I write in a sort of broken-down patois which is something like the way a Swiss waiter talks, and that when I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it will stay split, and when I interrupt the velvety smoothness of my more or less literate syntax with a few sudden words of bar-room vernacular, that is done with the eyes wide open and the mind relaxed but attentive.

3. Jay Sullivan:

   If you allow someone to constantly interrupt you and take over the meeting, you lose your voice, if someone isn't allowed to add value they are diminished, and they don't have a chance to really shine.

4. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker:

   We have to be on guard, at the Department of Justice, especially at the FBI, we had a unique view as to how to interrupt their effort. Justice Department's a counterespionage, counterintelligence, all of the kind of things that you do when other countries are trying to interfere in your domestic elections.

5. Ken Dodd:

   I haven't spoken to my mother-in-law for eighteen months-I don't like to interrupt her.

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