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interrupt   (TTS Sound)

The noun interrupt has 1 sense

• interrupt -- (a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out)

The verb interrupt has 4 senses

• interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off -- (make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages")


• interrupt, disturb -- (destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading")


• interrupt, disrupt -- (interfere in someone else's activity; "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone")


• interrupt, break -- (terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty")