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Interrupted Interruption Stop Interrupts I Process Activity Period

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If someone or something i_________ a process or activity, they stop it for a period of time.If someone or something interrupts a process or activity, they stop it for a period of time.
He has rightly interrupted his holiday in Spain to return to London.
The match took nearly three hours and was interrupted at times by rain.
...interruptions in the supply of food and fuel.
Motherhood did not constitute much of an interruption to her career.
I was able to get on with my work without interruption.
word interrupt
full-definition
verb
If you interrupt someone who is speaking, you say or do something that causes them to stop .
Turkin tapped him on the shoulder. 'Sorry to interrupt, Colonel.'.
He tried to speak, but she interrupted him.
The sudden interruption stopped Beryl in mid-flow.
If someone or something interrupts a process or activity, they stop it for a period of time.
He has rightly interrupted his holiday in Spain to return to London.
The match took nearly three hours and was interrupted at times by rain.
...interruptions in the supply of food and fuel.
Motherhood did not constitute much of an interruption to her career.
I was able to get on with my work without interruption.
If something interrupts a line, surface, or view, it stops it from being continuous or makes it look irregular .
Taller plants interrupt the views from the house.
inflections interruptsinterruptinginterruptedinterruptioninterruptionsinterruption
cefr-level B2

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