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/ˌɪntərˈəpt/ /ˌɪnərˈəpt/ 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

Interrupt adj. Broken; interrupted. (Obs.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Interrupt" Quotes from Famous Books

... "Don't interrupt them! They will find themselves badly fooled. Notice only if Mr. Gibbon is of the party. I must know whether my bookkeeper is ...

— Driven From Home - Carl Crawford's Experience • Horatio Alger

... knew English; and though he spoke it brokenly, he had freedom in it, and the jailer knew no word of it. At first the fellow blustered, but I waved him off. He was a man of better education than Gabord, but of inferior judgment and shrewdness. He made no trial thereafter to interrupt our talk, but sat and drummed upon a stool with his keys, or loitered at the window, or now and again thrust his hand into my pockets, as if to see if weapons ...

— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

... though I loved him, and though I loved you with all my heart,—with all my heart, I knew through it all, as I know now, that I was not a fitting friend for him or you. No; do not interrupt me, I always knew it; and though it was so sweet to me to see your faces, I would have kept away; but that he would not have it. I came to him to assist me because he was great and strong, and he took me to his bosom with ...

— Orley Farm • Anthony Trollope

... The mention of the Emperor upsets me a little. That's all. Don't do it again, if you can help it, Smith. I'm sorry, Donovan. I didn't mean to interrupt." ...

— The Island Mystery • George A. Birmingham

... was this dull tormentor teasing me. I was ashamed to listen to him, yet not daring to ask a single question or interrupt his vile insinuations. I was alone on the promenade; the poisoned arrow of suspicion had entered my heart. I did not know whether I felt more of anger or of sorrow. The confidence with which I had abandoned myself to my love for Brigitte ...

— Serge Panine • Georges Ohnet

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