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Verb

interrupt (third-person singular simple present interrupts, present participle interrupting, simple past and past participle interrupted)

1. (ambitransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.
   • A maverick politician repeatedly interrupted the debate by shouting.
2. (transitive) To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.
   • The evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.
3. (transitive) To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.
   • The packet receiver circuit interrupted the microprocessor.

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