disrupt

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, interrupt
2. Throw into disorder (synset 200555375)
   "This event disrupted the orderly process"
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: interrupt

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