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interrupt::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | break up, cut off, disrupt |
| Type of | stop, break, discontinue, break off |
| Has types | throw in, barge in, block, break, break in, burst in on, burst upon, butt in, chime in, chisel in, come in, cut, cut in, cut off, punctuate, put aside, put away, put in, stop, stop over, take off, take time off, heckle, inject, interject, intermit, interpose, jam, pause |
| Derivation | interrupter, interruption |
We interrupt the program for the following messages.
interrupt::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | signal |
Examples of interrupt
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These people are calling out of desperation, not to happily interrupt my dinner.
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Every episode featured a musical performance that would interrupt any goings-on.
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Exasperated, his transition team had to interrupt actual news to deny fake news.
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Hitler himself telephoned to interrupt economic talks, pushing for a settlement.
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This is usually done by assembler macros or a system call in the interrupt code.
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Pinochet's lawyers had tried everything to stop, delay or interrupt the process.
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Beta-blockers interrupt this destructive cycle, allowing the heart to stabilize.
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Toward the end, Clemens raised his voice to interrupt Waxman's closing remarks.
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Ads aren't supposed to exceed the peak loudness of the programs they interrupt.
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- A signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out
- Make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"
- Destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"
- Interfere in someone else's activity; "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone"
- Terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"
- (interrupted) discontinued temporarily; "we resumed the interrupted discussion"
- In computing, an interrupt is an asynchronous signal indicating the need for attention or a synchronous event in software indicating the need for a change in execution.
- An event that causes a computer to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition; to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action by interfering suddenly; To assert to a computer that an exceptional condition must be handled
- (Interrupted) descriptive of a structure, the pattern or sequence of whose elements is broken by the insertion of other elements
