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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INTERRUP'TION, n. [L. interruptio.]
1. The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon progression.
2. Breach of any thing extended; interposition; as an isle separated from the continent by the interruption of the sea.
3. Intervention; interposition.
Lest the interruption of time caused
4. Stop; hinderance; obstruction caused by breaking in upon any course,current,progress or motion. An interruption may be temporary or durable. The work of the Erie canal has suffered few interruptions from storms and floods. The lava met with no interruption till it descended to the foot of the mountain. The author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work. The speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption.
5. Stop; cessation; intermission.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account" [syn: break, interruption, disruption, gap]
2: some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt" [syn: interruption, break]
3: a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something [syn: pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension]

Merriam Webster's

noun see interrupt I

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Interruption In`ter*rup"tion, n. [L. interruptio: cf. F. interruption.] 1. The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon. 2. The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition. --Sir M. Hale. Lest the interruption of time cause you to lose the idea of one part. --Dryden. 3. Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption. 4. Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

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Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Hindrance, stop, stoppage, obstruction, obstacle, impediment. 2. Intermission, pause, suspension, cessation, discontinuance. 3. Separation, division, breaking, break, disconnection, disconnecting, disuniting, disunion, disjunction, sundering, severance, dissolution.

Moby Thesaurus

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