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interrupt
Meaning: to speak while someone else is still talking
interrupt in a sentence
How interrupt is used in real sentences:
Miles interrupted before his sister could finish her explanation.
Ava interrupted the teacher to ask a question before he had finished speaking.
“Theo interrupted before she finished and pointed at a loose pin.”
— from the passage The Boat in the Rain
Synonyms for interrupt
Other words for interrupt — interject, disrupt and intrude — carry the same meaning.
- interject
- disrupt
- intrude
Antonyms of interrupt
Words that mean the opposite of interrupt:
- listen
- continue
Where it comes from
From Latin interrumpere 'to break between'
Word parts
- inter — between, among
interrupt: inter- (between) + rupt (break) - rupt — break, burst
interrupt: inter- (between) + rupt (break)
Memory hook
To interrupt is to break IN between someone's words.