interrupting

ADJECTIVE

defensive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

opposing

STRONG

averting conservative foiling forestalling preservative preventive thwarting

WEAK

arresting balking checking coping with defending frustrating guarding in opposition protecting resistive safeguarding uptight warding off withstanding

Antonyms

WEAK

undefensive unprotective unwary unwatchful

ADJECTIVE

interfering

Synonyms

STRONGEST

intrusive meddlesome

STRONG

prying snooping

WEAK

interference meddlesomeness nosiness obtrusive officious

ADJECTIVE

meddlesome

Synonyms

STRONGEST

intrusive meddling nosy pushy

WEAK

busy busybody chiseling curious encumbering hindering impeding impertinent intermeddling interposing intruding kibitzing mischievous obstructive officious prying snooping snoopy tampering troublesome

Antonyms

WEAK

avoiding dodging ignorant

NOUN

meddling

Synonyms

STRONG

interference meddlesomeness nosiness prying snooping

NOUN

obtrusion

Synonyms

WEAK

interference intervention intrusion meddlesomeness nosiness prying snooping

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Interrupting a runaway process There are several small-molecule drugs that show potential for slowing cyst expansion.

From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2025

Interrupting this workflow was the limited storage space on the prison-issued laptops.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2025

Interrupting these success stories are tangents into a number of troubling chapters in the site’s history.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2023

Interrupting this pathway somehow blocks α-amanitin from entering cells, preventing the toxin from fully wreaking havoc.

From Scientific American • May 16, 2023

Interrupting these black thoughts, Isabel comes to escort me to the chapter house, where the bishop will question me.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

interrupting

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