vverb.communicationmake a break inSynset:break up cut off disrupt interrupt
Examples:- We interrupt the program for the following messages
Derivationally Related Form:interruptioninterrupterdisruption
Hypernyms:break break off discontinue stop
Inherited Hypernyms:interruptbreakendchange
Direct Hyponyms:barge inblockbreakbreak inburst in onburst uponbutt inchime inchisel income incutcut incut offheckleinjectinterjectintermitinterposejampausepunctuateput asideput awayput instopstop overtake offtake time offthrow in
Full Troponyms:barrage jamblanket jambreakburst in oncallchime incutcut incut shortheckleinterjectinterruptjamlay overpausepoint jampunctuateput awayrestspot jamstoptake fivetake offtake ten
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s | Something ---s something | Something ---s somebody
vverb.changedestroy the peace or tranquility ofSynset:disturb interrupt
Examples:- Don't interrupt me when I'm reading
Hypernyms:act move
Inherited Hypernyms:interruptact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: interrupt, disturb)
vverb.changeinterfere in someone else's activitySynset:disrupt interrupt
Examples:- Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone
Derivationally Related Form:interruptiondisruption
Hypernyms:barge in break in butt in chime in chisel in cut in put in
Inherited Hypernyms:interruptchime ininterruptbreakendchange
Direct Hyponyms:cut incut short
Full Troponyms:cut incut short
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.changeterminateSynset:break interrupt
Examples:- She interrupted her pregnancy
- break a lucky streak
- break the cycle of poverty
Hypernyms:end terminate
Inherited Hypernyms:interruptendchange
Direct Hyponyms:break offbreak shortcut shortfreezehold onstopsuspend
Full Troponyms:cut shortfreezehang uphold on
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
adj satadj.alldiscontinued temporarilyExamples:- we resumed the interrupted discussion
Antonyms:continued
Inherited Hypernyms:interrupted
Similar to:discontinued
adj satadj.allintermittently stopping and startingSynset:fitful off-and-on
Examples:- fitful (or interrupted) sleep
- off-and-on static
Antonyms:unbroken
Derivationally Related Form:fitfulness
Inherited Hypernyms:fitful
Similar to:broken