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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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... reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them, by the ties of our common kindred, to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They, too, have been deaf to the voice of justice and consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity which denounces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war—in ...

— The Road to Independence: Virginia 1763-1783 • Virginia State Dept. of Education

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... secluded lane that led from behind the Farm Hospital barns to a little patch of woodland through which a clear stream sparkled, a silent, intimate, leafy oasis amid an army-ridden desert, where there was only a cow to stare at them, knee deep in young mint, only a shy cardinal bird to interrupt them ...

— Ailsa Paige • Robert W. Chambers

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... could be seen likely to interrupt the enjoyments and harmony of such a day, the sisters descended to the parlor, with a returning confidence in their brother's security, and their ...

— The Spy • James Fenimore Cooper

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... uncommon for an editor to interrupt some of these revolutionary letters by a "Here ...

— Collected Poems - In Two Volumes, Vol. II • Austin Dobson

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... do I interrupt the allegory of my mate, no matter how startling its structure. He adventures orally when and in the manner the spirit calls, without rote, form, or tone production. Therefore I kicked my blistered heels in the ...

— Pardners • Rex Beach

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