interruption

Noun
  1. An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity (synset 100384760)
    "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"
  2. Some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity (synset 107382412)
    "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"
  3. A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something (synset 115295994)

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