interrupt
10 05 2008Nouns
1. (n.) interrupt;
- a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out;
Verbs
1. (verb) break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt;
- make a break in;
- “We interrupt the program for the following messages”;
2. (verb) disturb, interrupt;
- destroy the peace or tranquility of;
- “Don’t interrupt me when I’m reading”;
3. (verb) disrupt, interrupt;
- interfere in someone else’s activity;
- “Please don’t interrupt me while I’m on the phone”;
4. (verb) break, interrupt;
- terminate;
- “She interrupted her pregnancy”; “break a lucky streak”; “break the cycle of poverty”;
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