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Adjective interrupted has 2 senses
- interrupted - discontinued temporarily; "we resumed the interrupted discussion"
Antonym: continued (indirect, via discontinued)
- fitful, interrupted, off-and-on - intermittently stopping and starting; "fitful (or interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static"
Antonym: unbroken (indirect, via broken)
Verb interrupt has 4 senses
- interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off - make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"
--1 is one way to break, break off, discontinue, stop
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- interrupt, disturb - destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"
--2 is one way to act, move
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot interrupt Sue
- interrupt, disrupt - interfere in someone else's activity; "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone"
--3 is one way to chime in, cut in, put in, butt in, chisel in, barge in, break in
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- interrupt, break - terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"
--4 is one way to end, terminate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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