interrupt

interrupt is a 9-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. transitive verb. To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; as, the evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.
3. participial adjective. Broken; interrupted.
4. noun. a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out
5. verb. terminate

   "She interrupted her pregnancy"

   "break a lucky streak"

   Synonyms: break

6. verb. destroy the peace or tranquility of

   "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"

   Synonyms: disturb

7. verb. interfere in someone else's activity

   "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone"

   Synonyms: disrupt

8. verb. make a break in

   "We interrupt the program for the following messages"

   Synonyms: disrupt

Synonyms

break, disturb, disrupt

Common word forms

interrupts, interrupted, interrupter, interrupting, interruptable

Words from these letters

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