interrupt

1. A signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out (synset 111467628)
   is a type of: signal - an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes

1. Make a break in (synset 200780320)
   "We interrupt the program for the following messages"
   is a type of: break, break off, discontinue, stop - prevent completion
   subtypes:

   • cut, cut off - cease, stop
   • punctuate - interrupt periodically
   • break - interrupt the flow of current in
   • put aside, put away - turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily
   • break, intermit, pause - cease an action temporarily
   • barge in, break in, butt in, chime in, chisel in, cut in, put in - break into a conversation
   • burst in on, burst upon - spring suddenly
   • heckle - challenge aggressively
   • come in, inject, interject, interpose, put in, throw in - to insert between other elements
   • block, jam - interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
   • stop, stop over - interrupt a trip
   • take off, take time off - take time off from work; stop working temporarily
   same as: break up, cut off, disrupt
2. Destroy the peace or tranquility of (synset 200521099)
   "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"
   is a type of: act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
   same as: disturb
3. Interfere in someone else's activity (synset 200521437)
   "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone"
   is a type of: barge in, break in, butt in, chime in, chisel in, cut in, put in - break into a conversation
   subtypes:

   • cut in - interrupt a dancing couple in order to take one of them as one's own partner
   • cut short - cause to end earlier than intended
   same as: disrupt
4. Terminate (synset 200364717)
   "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"
   is a type of: end, terminate - bring to an end or halt
   subtypes:

   • hold on, stop - stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
   • break off, break short, cut short - interrupt before its natural or planned end
   • freeze, suspend - stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
   same as: break

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