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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

... me. I am active, cheerful, communicative, a natural talker and story-teller. I am not noisy, like the ocean, except occasionally when I am rudely interrupted, or when I stumble and get a fall. When I am silent you can still have pleasure in watching my changing features. My idlest babble, when I am toying with the trifles that fall in my way, if not very full ...

— A Mortal Antipathy • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

... and livable. Carl found himself at home again. Adelaide told funny anecdotes about her school of domestic science, and the chief teacher, who wore her hair in a walnut on top of her head and interrupted a lecture on dietetics to chase a cockroach ...

— The Trail of the Hawk - A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life • Sinclair Lewis

... plaze: you have no doubt heard in Cairo of the fraudulent imitations of scarabs that are being foisted on visitors to the Nile and sold as real scarabs. I have scarabs for sale"—(he was interrupted at this point by applause and hand-clapping, as the "Corks" were eager for the fray and wanted to ...

— A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel • S. G. Bayne

... of the consciousness of his own truer knowledge, but what he would have said was furiously interrupted by a volume of strange sounds from the adjoining banqueting-hall. There was a rattle and clink as of many pewter mugs banged lustily upon an oaken table; there was a shrill explosion of laughter, the work of ...

— The Lady of Loyalty House - A Novel • Justin Huntly McCarthy

... this, Mr. Ben Chase," interrupted Belding, in curt and ringing voice. "That blast was a mistake, the biggest you ever ...

— Desert Gold • Zane Grey

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