English > interrupt: 5 senses > verb 1, communication| Meaning | make a break / break in. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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| Example | "We interrupt the program for the following messages" |
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| Synonyms | disrupt, break up, cut off |
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| Narrower | break | interrupt the flow of current in |
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| burst in on, burst upon | spring suddenly |
| chime in, cut in, put in, butt in, chisel in, barge in, break in | break into a conversation |
| cut, cut off | Cease, stop / stop |
| heckle | challenge aggressively |
| interject, come in, interpose, put in, throw in, inject | To insert / insert between other elements |
| jam, block | interfere with or prevent the reception of signals |
| pause, intermit, break | Cease an action temporarily |
| punctuate | interrupt periodically |
| put away, put aside | turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily |
| stop, stop over | interrupt a trip |
| take off, take time off | Take time off from work |
| Broader | break, break off, discontinue, stop | prevent completion |
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| Spanish | cortar, interrumpir, parar, romper, suspender |
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| Catalan | aturar, interrompre |
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| Nouns | interrupter | a device for automatically interrupting an electric current |
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| interruption | an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity |
