Interrupt

//ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt//

Synonyms for "interrupt" (96 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (20)

arrest barge in blow it bottle up break break in break in on break off butt butt in cease check chime chime in chip chip in countercheck curb

Verb(2 words)

break break up

Strong matches (28)

cut in cut off cut short dam dam up damp dampen defer delay detain disarrange discontinue disjoin disrupt disturb end frustrate go off half cocked go off half-cocked halt

Show 2 more words

hinder hold back

Verb(6 words)

cut off disrupt disturb forwork foul gunk up

Related words (48)

Related word relations

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10 relation types

More general

20 entries

act barge in break break in break off butt in cease chime in chisel in cut in discontinue end give up lay off move put in

Showing 16 of 20 words.

More specific

5 entries

NMI hardware interrupt non-maskable interrupt pattern interrupt software interrupt

Antonyms

2 entries

continue resume

Related terms

3 entries

abrupt corrupt disrupt

derived

17 entries

interrupt handler interrupt request interrupt storm interruptable interruptee interrupter interruptible interruptingly interruption interruptive interruptless manterrupt noninterrupt reinterrupt self-interrupt those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those doing it

Showing 16 of 17 words.

has context

2 entries

computing electronics

is a

1 entries

signal

manner of

4 entries

act break chime in end

motivated by_goal

1 entries

had no manners

related to

13 entries

abrupt action computer corrupt disrupt disturb halt interfere interrupter interruption ongoing process sudden

Translations

110 translations across 43 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

ndërpres verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Arabic

1 entries

قَاطَعَ verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Belarusian

2 entries

перапыня́ць verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
перапыні́ць verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Bulgarian

2 entries

прекъсвам verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
препятствам verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Catalan

1 entries

interrompre verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

ھەڵدان verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

插口 verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

中斷 /中断 verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
打擾 /打扰 verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
打斷 /打断 verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
插嘴 verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Czech

2 entries

přerušení noun (an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease)
přerušit verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Danish

1 entries

afbryde verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Dutch

2 entries

afbreken verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
onderbreken verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Esperanto

1 entries

interrompi verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Finnish

4 entries

keskeytys noun (an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease)
katkaista verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
keskeyttää verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
keskeyttää verb (to assert an exceptional condition)

French

2 entries

couper verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
interrompre verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

German

3 entries

Interrupt noun (an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease)
unterbrechen verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
unterbrechen verb (computing: to assert that an exceptional condition must be handled)

Greek

2 entries

διακοπή noun (an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease)
διακόπτω verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Hindi

1 entries

टोकना verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Hungarian

4 entries

megszakítás noun (an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease)
programmegszakítás noun (an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease)
abbahagy verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
félbeszakít verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Interlingua

1 entries

interrumper verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Irish

1 entries

cuir isteach ar verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Italian

4 entries

celare verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
interrompere verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
interrompersi verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
ricoprire verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Japanese

4 entries

割り込み noun (an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease)
中断する verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
割り込む verb (to assert an exceptional condition)
遮る verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Khmer

1 entries

បង្អាក់ verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

үзүү verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Latin

1 entries

interrumpō verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Lithuanian

2 entries

nutraukti verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
pertraukti verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Māori

4 entries

aruaru verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
kaiwaenga verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
kohiko verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
titere verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries

ragirtin verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
rawestandin verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
sekinandin verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
vebirîn verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Norwegian

1 entries

avbryte verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Occitan

2 entries

copar verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
interrompre verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Polish

4 entries

przerwanie noun (an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease)
przerwać verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
przerywać verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
wtrącać się verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Portuguese

2 entries

interromper verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
interromper verb (to assert an exceptional condition)

Punjabi

1 entries

ٹَوکݨا verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Quechua

1 entries

p'itiy verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Romanian

1 entries

întrerupe verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Russian

4 entries

прерывание noun (an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease)
вме́шиваться verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
вмеша́ться verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
меша́ть verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

prekid noun (an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease)

Spanish

3 entries

interrupción noun (an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease)
interromper verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
interrumpir verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Swedish

3 entries

avbryta verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
förhindra verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
stävja verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Turkish

4 entries

iş kesme noun (an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease)
kesme noun (an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease)
araya girmek verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
iş kesmek verb (computing: to assert that an exceptional condition must be handled)

Ukrainian

2 entries

перерва́ти verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)
перерива́ти verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Volapük

1 entries

ropön verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Welsh

1 entries

torri ar verb (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Why did she interrupt me?

Source: tatoeba (24645)

Please don't interrupt me for a while.

Source: tatoeba (38883)

May I interrupt you a while?

Source: tatoeba (40078)

May I interrupt you?

Source: tatoeba (40085)

Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.

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