Thesaurus / interrupt
other words for interrupt
- break
- break off
- cut off
- cut short
- delay
- discontinue
- disturb
- halt
- heckle
- hinder
- hold up
- impede
- prevent
- punctuate
- stop
- suspend
- arrest
- check
- crash
- cut
- defer
- disconnect
- disjoin
- disunite
- divide
- in
- infringe
- inject
- insinuate
- intrude
- obstruct
- separate
- sever
- shortstop
- stay
- barge in
- break in
- break train of thought
- bust in
- butt in
- chime in
- come between
- crowd in
- cut in on
- edge in
- get in the way
- horn in
- lay aside
- put in
- work in
See also synonyms for: interrupted / interrupting
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Good-night, Lady Peters; do not interrupt me again, if you please.
WIFE IN NAME ONLYCHARLOTTE M. BRAEME (BERTHA M. CLAY)
And I took a cake over to Peg, Grace was forced to interrupt to make known.
THE GIRL SCOUTS AT CAMP COMALONGLILLIAN GARIS
You must do nothing to encroach upon another's rights, or to interrupt and disturb your companions in their pursuits.
THE TEACHERJACOB ABBOTT
But greater visitants than a poor steward were about to interrupt the savage quiet of Timon's solitude.
TALES FROM SHAKESPEARECHARLES LAMB AND MARY LAMB
One of the reasons he is Governor at thirty-six is that he always does attend to the matters that interrupt him.
THE MILITANTSMARY RAYMOND SHIPMAN ANDREWS
If you interrupt me in that way, it's not going to be any story at all.
CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY AND OTHER STORIESW. D. HOWELLS
I smiled at the remedy and the reasoning, but I did not interrupt the narrator.
ADVENTURES IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSPAUL P. DE LA GIRONIRE
Other than a few exclamations and gasps Miss Prudence did not interrupt.
CROSSED TRAILS IN MEXICONELL VIRGINIA FAIRFAX AND HELEN ALLAN RIPLEY
Guy felt bound to interrupt with light-hearted talk of his own that slow, still gaze across the lampshine.
PLASHERS MEADCOMPTON MACKENZIE
I ordered my servants to take care that none might come and interrupt us.
IDEAL COMMONWEALTHSVARIOUS
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.