- (v.t.) To break into or between; to stop or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks speaking.
- (p.a.) Broken; interrupted.
- (v.t.) To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; as, the evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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