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int-uh-RUPSHUN/ˌɪntəˈrʌpʃn/

An interruption is something that stops an activity for a time: an interruption to the file; without interruption. Interrupt is the verb (already in the dictionary). An interruption to the listening file is reportable. Countable. Mix-up: eruption is a volcano.

Meaning

Something that stops a process or activity for a time.

Examples

• “An interruption to the listening file is grounds for a report, not a guess.”
• “Work without interruption in the last half hour, which is the exam-hall sense.”

Good to know

an interruption to / in; without interruption. Verb: interrupt. Countable. Exams, broadcasts, and meetings. A break in flow. Trap: eruption.

Near in meaning

break

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