Interrupts can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
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| interrupt - make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" | ||
| interrupt - interfere in someone else's activity; "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone" | ||
| interrupt - terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty" | ||
| interrupt - destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading" | ||
Noun |
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| interrupt - a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out |
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| 1. | verb | A phone call often interrupts your conversation. | |
| 2. | verb | My son always interrupts me when I'm talking. | |
| 3. | verb | Imperious Prima flashes forth / Her edict "to begin it"— / In gentler tone Secunda hopes / "There will be nonsense in it!"— / While Tertia interrupts the tale / Not more than once a minute. | |
| 4. | verb | Then his plaintive tone / no more could Venus bear, but interrupts her son: / "Stranger", she answered, "whosoe'er thou be; / not unbeloved of heavenly powers, I ween, / thou breath'st the vital air, whom Fate's decree / permits a Tyrian city to have seen." | |
| 5. | verb | Just when you're busy doing nothing, someone goes and interrupts you. | |
| 6. | verb | Tom frequently interrupts others. | |
| 7. | verb | Tom interrupts Mary all the time. | |
| 8. | verb | We interrupt the program for the following messages. | |
| 9. | verb | Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone. | |
| 10. | verb | Don't interrupt me when I'm reading. | |
| 11. | verb | Why did she interrupt me? | |
| 12. | verb | Please don't interrupt me for a while. | |
| 13. | verb | May I interrupt you a while? | |
| 14. | verb | May I interrupt you? | |
| 15. | verb | Don't interrupt me but hear me out, please. |
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| A phone call often interrupts your conversation. | |
| My son always interrupts me when I'm talking. | |
| Imperious Prima flashes forth / Her edict "to begin it"— / In gentler tone Secunda hopes / "There will be nonsense in it!"— / While Tertia interrupts the tale / Not more than once a minute. | |
| Then his plaintive tone / no more could Venus bear, but interrupts her son: / "Stranger", she answered, "whosoe'er thou be; / not unbeloved of heavenly powers, I ween, / thou breath'st the vital air, whom Fate's decree / permits a Tyrian city to have seen." | |
| Just when you're busy doing nothing, someone goes and interrupts you. | |
| Tom frequently interrupts others. | |
| Tom interrupts Mary all the time. | |
| We interrupt the program for the following messages. |
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| Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone. |
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| Don't interrupt me when I'm reading. |
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| Why did she interrupt me? | |
| Please don't interrupt me for a while. | |
| May I interrupt you a while? | |
| May I interrupt you? | |
| Don't interrupt me but hear me out, please. | |