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interrupt

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"Cut in"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted einprrttuStarts with IEnds with T2 cluesCommon crossword word
1I2N3T4E5R6R7U8P9T

Definitions

  1. to break into or stop the flow of speech, action, or process

Word origin

From Middle English interrupten, derived from Latin interruptus, past participle of interrumpere (“to break apart/off, interrupt”), from inter (“between”) + rumpere (“to break”).

Used in a sentence

  • A maverick politician repeatedly interrupted the debate by shouting.
  • Do not interrupt me in my course.
  • The evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.

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