1. An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
   - break, disruption, gap 
2. Some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
   "the telephone is an annoying interruption"
   - break 
3. A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
   - pause, intermission, break, suspension

Derived forms: interruptions

See also: interrupt

Type of: delay, happening, holdup, interval, natural event, occurrence, occurrent, time interval

Encyclopedia: Interruption

• call up
• call waiting
• call-board
• call-in
• call-out
• calla
• calla lily
• Calla palustris
• callable
• Callaghan
• Callas
• callathump
• callback
• caller
• caller ID
• caller-out
• caller-up
• calliandra
• Callicebus
• calligraph
• calligrapher
• calligraphic
• Annelida
• annelidan
• annex