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
- abolish
- annihilate
- beat down
- bottle
- bring to naught
- burke
- censor
- check
- clamp
- conceal
- conquer
- contain
- cover up
- crack down on
- crush
- curb
- cut off
- extinguish
- hold back
- hold down
- hold in
- interrupt
- keep in
- keep secret
- muffle
- muzzle
- overcome
- overpower
- overthrow
- put an end to
- put down
- put kibosh on
- put lid on
- quash
- quell
- quench
- repress
- shush
- silence
- sit on
- smother
- snuff out
- spike
- squash
- stamp out
- stifle
- stop
- subdue
- trample
- withhold
- abolishes
- annihilates
- beats down
- bottles
- brings to naught
- burkes
- censors
- checks
- clamps
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- contains
- covers up
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- crushes
- curbs
- cuts off
- extinguishes
- holds back
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- keeps in
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- puts an end to
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- puts lid on
- quashes
- quells
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- represses
- shushes
- silences
- sits on
- smothers
- snuffs out
- spikes
- squashes
- stamps out
- stifles
- stops
- subdues
- tramples
- withholds
- adjourn
- arrest
- bar
- break up
- can
- cease
- check
- count out
- cut short
- debar
- defer
- discontinue
- eject
- eliminate
- exclude
- file
- halt
- hang
- hang fire
- hang up
- hold up
- inactivate
- intermit
- interrupt
- lay aside
- lay off
- lay on the table
- lay over
- omit
- pigeonhole
- pink slip
- postpone
- procrastinate
- prorogue
- protract
- put a stop to
- put an end to
- put off
- put on back burner
- put on hold
- put on ice
- put on the shelf
- reject
- retard
- rule out
- shelve
- stave off
- stay
- waive
- withhold
- averted
- avoided
- beat off
- blocked
- checked
- deflected
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- diverted
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- frustrated
- halted
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- interrupted
- kept at arm's length
- kept at bay
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- obviated
- parried
- precluded
- prevented
- rebuffed
- rebutted
- repelled
- repulsed
- ruled out
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- stopped
- stymied
- thwarted
- turned
- turned aside
- turned away
- averted
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- beat off
- blocked
- checked
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- frustrated
- halted
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- kept at arm's length
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- rebuffed
- rebutted
- repelled
- repulsed
- ruled out
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- stopped
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- turned
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- turned away
- averting
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- beating off
- blocking
- checking
- deflecting
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- frustrating
- halting
- holding off
- interrupting
- keeping at arm's length
- keeping at bay
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- obviating
- parrying
- precluding
- preventing
- rebuffing
- rebutting
- repelling
- repulsing
- ruling out
- staving off
- stopping
- stymieing
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- turning
- turning aside
- turning away
- averts
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- beats off
- blocks
- checks
- deflects
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- keeps at arm's length
- keeps at bay
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- rebuffs
- rebuts
- repels
- repulses
- rules out
- staves off
- stops
- stymies
- thwarts
- turns
- turns aside
- turns away
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