Interrupt (Verb)
Meaning 1
Make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Intermit
- Break In
- Put Aside
- Butt In
- Cut In
- Put In
- Come In
- Take Time Off
- Break
- Throw In
- Stop Over
- Chisel In
- Cut Off
- Interpose
- Inject
- Block
- Barge In
- Burst Upon
Related Words
Meaning 2
Destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Meaning 3
Interfere in someone else's activity; "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- Please don't interrupt me while I'm working on this project, I'm on a deadline.
- She tried not to interrupt him while he was so focused on the difficult math problem.
- The noise from the construction site will likely interrupt the neighbors' peaceful afternoon.
- I hate to interrupt, but your phone has been ringing non-stop for the past hour.
- The child's constant questions began to interrupt her mom's conversation with her friend.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Related Words
Meaning 4
Terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- She interrupted her studies to help her family financially.
- The bankruptcy was a setback that interrupted the company's growth streak.
- Their latest defeat interrupted the team's winning streak.
- Poverty often interrupts the opportunity for families to successfully climb the social ladder.
- In this city, education is the key to interrupt the cycle of poverty that plagues its residents.