interrupt

Meaning

1. To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.
2. To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.
3. To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.

interrupt

disturb

break

stop

interfere

hinder

disrupt

cut short

cut off

break off

suspend

obstruct

sever

bother

interruption

intrude

delay

intercept

heckle

cut

block

impede

cease

intervene

interject

break up

prevent

discontinue

abort

intermit

butt in

cut in

disconnect

annoy

interfere with

perturb

trouble

put a stop to

check

abbreviate

terminate

stop midway

meddle

disorder

punctuate

int

Hinder

frustrate

halt

adjournment

disconnection

discontinuance

interception

intermission

pause

adjourn

snub

abatement

off

switch off

contradict

barge in

intrude on

quit

suspension

obtrude

become aware

retort

disarray

disarrange

encumber

hamper

hassle

inconvenience

irritate

bring to

bring to a standstill

butt

slow

abandon

renounce

cutting in line

muscling in on

sharing a theater box

wedging oneself in

muscle in on

thrust oneself into

wedge oneself in

slip in a word

break into

barrack

chime in

put in one’s oar

catch

head off

stick one’s oar in

break in on

break off the conversation

cut into

make a conclusion

be saucy

confuse

interpolate

interpose

incommode

intercut

short-circuit

spoil

object

interrupt with expostulations

knock off

thwart

be in the way

defend

detain

forbid

hold

hold back

prohibit

harvest

pick

pull apart

tear

abortion

breather

recess

respite

vacation

fail

hanging-up

holes

intermittence

middle break

de-energize

discon

disjunction

displacement of fault

open

opening

separation

switching off

throw

throw-off

turn off

turn-off

cut-out

breaking

obstruction

occlude

rupture

chop

challenge

object to

shove

ush

surprise

shatter

provoke

apostrophize

bug

commove

faze

gall

harass

harry

jam

molest

put off

vex

amputate

break with

clip

shut off

truncate

break in

break short

burst in on

drop out

lay over

leave off

pull the plug

put in

scrub

stop over

wash out

discontinuation

discontinuity

hiatus

interpellation

moratorium

punctuation

beat

beat out

conquer

overmaster

overthrow

quash

quell

reduce

smash

upset

vanquish

dissolve

alert

warn

blurt out

respond

shorten

cut in front

slow down

disconcert

impose on

hold up

drag

end

Frequency

Hyphenated as

in‧ter‧rupt

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/

Borrowed from Latin interruptus, from interrumpere (“to break apart, break to pieces, break off, interrupt”), from inter (“between”) + rumpere (“to break”).

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