[ˌɪntəˈrʌpt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- stop the continuous progress of (an activity or process)
(e.g: the buzzer interrupted his thoughts)

- break the continuity of (a line or surface)
(e.g: the coastal plain is interrupted by chains of large lagoons)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin interrupt- ‘broken, interrupted’, from the verb interrumpere, from inter- ‘between’ + rumpere ‘to break’