The company faced a major interruption in business when a fire destroyed their archive of computer hard drives and optical discs.
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Interruption
//ˌɪntəˈɹʌpʃən//
Synonyms for "interruption" (200 found)
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Strong matches (60)
disjunctiondisruptiondissolutiondistance betweendisturbancedisuniondisunitingdoldrumsdormancydouble spacedowntimedropem spaceen spaceencroachmententranceentrenchmentfissurefixationfoot dragging
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foot-draggingfreeboardgaphair spacehalf spacehalf timehalf-time intermissionhamperinghesitationhiatushinderingholdbackholdupholidayimpingementimpositionimproprietyinappropriatenessinauspiciousnessinconvenienceincursioninexpedienceinfelicityinfiltrationinfluxinfringementinhibitioninjectioninopportunenessinopportunityinroadinsinuationintempestivityinterferenceinteriminterjectioninterloping
Noun(3 words)
Related words (100)
interludeintermediate spaceintermezzointermissionintermittenceinterpositioninterposureinterregnuminterspaceintersticeintervalinterventionintrusioninvasionirrelevanceirruptionjumplacunalapselatency
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latenesslayoffleapleewayletletuplullmarginnegativismnuisance valueobstacleobstructionismobtrusionocclusionoff-timeoppositionplateaupoint of reposeprematurityquiescencequiescencyquiet spellrecessreliefremissionrentrepressionresistancerespiterestresting pointrestraintrestrictionretardationretardmentriftroomrupturesetbackseverancesingle spacespacespace betweensplitsqueezestand downstand-downstaystopstoppagestoppingstrangleholdstricturesunderingsuppressionsurceasesuspensiontime intervaltime offtime outtrespasstrespassingtruceunfavorablenessunfitnessunfittingnessunfortunatenessunlawful entryunpropitiousnessunripenessunseasonablenessunsuitabilityuntimelinessvacationwrongness
Noun(5 words)
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1 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
7 entriesis a
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10 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 26 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- διακοπή noun (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted)
Arabic
1 entries- مُقَاطَعَة noun (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted)
Armenian
1 entries- ընդհատում noun (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something)
Bulgarian
3 entries- прекъсване noun (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted)
- прекъсване noun (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something)
- спиране noun (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 中斷 /中断 noun (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted)
Dutch
2 entries- onderbreking noun (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted)
- onderbreking noun (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something)
Esperanto
1 entries- interrompo noun (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted)
Finnish
1 entries- keskeytys noun (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted)
French
2 entries- interruption noun (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted)
- interruption noun (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something)
Galician
1 entries- interrupción noun (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted)
German
2 entries- Unterbrechung noun (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted)
- Unterbrechung noun (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something)
Greek
1 entries- διακοπή noun (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted)
Hungarian
4 entries- félbeszakítás noun (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted)
- kihagyás noun (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something)
- kimaradás noun (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something)
- közbeszólás noun (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted)
Italian
2 entries- interruzione noun (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted)
- interruzione noun (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something)
Japanese
3 entries- 中断 noun (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted)
- 中断 noun (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something)
- 邪魔 noun (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted)
Māori
1 entries- pōrearea noun (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آرالق noun (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something)
Polish
1 entries- przerwa noun (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something)
Portuguese
2 entries- interrupção noun (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted)
- interrupção noun (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something)
Romanian
2 entries- întrerupere noun (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted)
- întrerupere noun (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something)
Russian
3 entries- переры́в noun (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something)
- поме́ха noun (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted)
- прерыва́ние noun (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- casg noun (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted)
- eadar-chur noun (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted)
Spanish
3 entries- interrupción noun (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted)
- interrupción noun (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something)
- paréntesis noun (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something)
Swedish
1 entries- avbrott noun (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something)
Telugu
2 entries- అంతరాయం noun (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted)
- అంతరాయం noun (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something)
Volapük
1 entries- rop noun (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Discussion resumed after a short interruption.
Source: tatoeba (39964)
After the interruption I went back to my reading but forgot where I'd left off.
Source: tatoeba (643285)
Sorry for the interruption.
Source: tatoeba (870625)
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