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The Meaning of interruption

  • (n.) The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.
  • (n.) The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition.
  • (n.) Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption.
  • (n.) Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension.

Synonyms

break , disruption , gap , break , pause , intermission , break , suspension

Rhymes

anticorruption , corruption , disruption , eruption