Thesaurus / interrupt
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The child is loud, intrusive, screams, runs, climbs on the furniture, demands attention, interrupts, cannot sit still .
CAROLYN HAX: THEY ‘REALLY CANNOT STAND’ THEIR RAMBUNCTIOUS GRANDCHILDCAROLYN HAXFEBRUARY 2, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThen you are a very bad trustee, thus to misuse the foot-way, and interrupt passengers.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSNever interrupt an earnest or apparently interesting conversation.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEYHe tells me he doesn't want his marriage to interrupt wholly that pleasant intimacy which has existed between you and me.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINAn ordinary mortal may not interrupt a king, but a king may interrupt anything, except perhaps a German bombardment.
THE AMAZING INTERLUDEMARY ROBERTS RINEHARTThis long conversation between Ivan and the prince excited some alarm among the shareholders; they tried to interrupt it.
BLACK DIAMONDSMR JKAIJansoulet apologized for being obliged to interrupt the sitting; but a visit of the most extreme importance—She smiled in pity.
THE NABOBALPHONSE DAUDETWith shrieks of fear Azalea flew toward the scene, but too late to interrupt the duelists.
THEY LOOKED AND LOVEDMRS. ALEX MCVEIGH MILLERLove is proverbially patient, and Helen listens—at least does not interrupt.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 67, NUMBER 414, APRIL, 1850VARIOUSAt the same time, I inoculated Abby, and the jailer's children, who all had it so lightly as hardly to interrupt their play.
FOX'S BOOK OF MARTYRSJOHN FOXEWORDS RELATED TO INTERRUPT
- abates
- allays
- alleviates
- appeases
- assuages
- breaks
- brightens
- calms
- comforts
- consoles
- cures
- decreases
- diminishes
- diverts
- dulls
- eases
- frees
- interrupts
- lightens
- mitigates
- moderates
- mollifies
- palliates
- qualifies
- quiets
- relaxes
- salves
- slackens
- softens
- solaces
- soothes
- subdues
- takes load off one's chest
- takes load off one's mind
- tempers
- varies
- arrest
- avoid the issue
- beat around the bush
- brake
- check
- die
- drag one's feet
- equivocate
- fence
- filibuster
- halt
- hamper
- hedge
- hinder
- hold off
- interrupt
- not move
- play for time
- postpone
- prevaricate
- put off
- quibble
- shut down
- slow
- slow down
- stand
- stand off
- stand still
- stay
- still
- stonewall
- stop
- suspend
- take one's time
- tarry
- temporize
- anticipate
- arrest
- avert
- avoid
- baffle
- balk
- bar
- block
- check
- chill
- cool
- cork
- counter
- counteract
- dam
- debar
- defend against
- foil
- forbid
- forestall
- forfend
- frustrate
- halt
- hamper
- head off
- hinder
- hold back
- hold off
- impede
- inhibit
- intercept
- interdict
- interrupt
- keep lid on
- limit
- nip in the bud
- obstruct
- obviate
- preclude
- prohibit
- put a stop to
- put an end to
- repress
- restrain
- restrict
- retard
- rule out
- shut out
- stave off
- stop
- thwart
- turn aside
- ward
- ward off
- arrest
- avoid
- bar
- block
- bottle
- break
- check
- choke
- choke off
- clog
- close
- congest
- cut off
- disrupt
- fill
- fix
- forestall
- frustrate
- gag
- hinder
- hush
- impede
- intercept
- interrupt
- muzzle
- obstruct
- occlude
- plug
- put a stop to
- rein in
- repress
- restrain
- seal
- shut down
- shut off
- shut out
- silence
- stall
- staunch
- stay
- stem
- still
- stopper
- suspend
- throw over
- turn off
- ward off
- blows off
- breaks
- breaks off
- calls it a day
- ceases
- closes
- cold turkey
- comes to a standstill
- concludes
- cool it
- cuts out
- cuts short
- desists
- discontinues
- draws up
- drops
- ends
- finishes
- halts
- hangs it up
- holds
- is over
- kills
- pauses
- pulls up
- puts an end to
- quits
- quits cold
- refrains
- runs its course
- scrubs
- shuts down
- signs off
- stalls
- stands
- stays
- tarries
- terminates
- winds up
- wraps up
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