interrupt
Noun
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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
Verb
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Make a break in (synset 200780320)
"We interrupt the program for the following messages"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
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Destroy the peace or tranquility of (synset 200521099)
"Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"same as: disturb
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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 conversationsubtypes:same as: disrupt
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Terminate (synset 200364717)
"She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"subtypes:same as: break
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