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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Interrupt

/ĭnˌ-tẽr-ŭpt'/ · In·ter·rupt · IPA /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/
01 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…
imp. & p. p. Interrupted; p. pr. & vb. n. Interrupting
  1. 1.
    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 of anyone speaking.
    “Do not interrupt me in my course.” Shak.
  2. 2.
    To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; as, the evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.
02 p. a. Broken; interrupted.
  1. 1.
    Broken; interrupted.[Obs.]