noun
- An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity.
- usage: "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"
- synonyms: break, disruption, gap
- Some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity.
- usage: "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"
- synonyms: break
- A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something.
- synonyms: pause, intermission, break, suspension
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