interruptverb
uk/ˌɪn.təˈrʌpt/us/ˌɪn.t̬əˈrʌpt/interrupt verb (STOP SPEAKING)
B1 [ I or T ] to stop a person from speaking for a short period by something you say or do:
She tried to explain what had happened but he kept interrupting her.
I wish you'd stop interrupting.
More examples
- Please feel free to interrupt me if you don't understand anything.
- Please go on with what you're doing and don't let us interrupt you.
- The senator thoroughly squelched the journalist who tried to interrupt him during his speech.
- He's very impatient and always interrupts me mid-sentence.
- She rudely interrupted my speech.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Interrupting & preventing from speaking
- barge
- butt in
- buttonhole
- chime
- chip in
- cut the crap! idiom
- heckle
- horn in
- interject
- interpose
- interruption
- mike check
- put a sock in it! idiom
- shut
- shut your mouth/face idiom
- slap sb down
- sock
- speak
- speak when you're spoken to! idiom
- strike
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Cancelling and interrupting
interrupt verb (STOP HAPPENING)
B2 [ T ] to stop something from happening for a short period:
We had to interrupt our trip when we heard John's mother had had an accident.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cancelling and interrupting
- adjourn
- adjourn to somewhere
- arrest
- break
- call
- call sth off
- cancel
- cancellation
- cut
- disturb
- halt
- in midstream idiom
- kick
- kick sth into touch idiom
- midstream
- mothball
- nullify
- shut
- shut (sth) off
- stop
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