interrupt

interrupt has 8 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• v. t.. To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks speaking.
• v. t.. To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; as, the evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.
• p. a.. Broken; interrupted.
• n.. a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out
• v.. terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"
• v.. destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"
• v.. interfere in someone else's activity; "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone"
• v.. make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"