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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/, /ˈɪntəˌɹʌpt/ Audio: en-us-interrupt.ogg [US] Forms: interrupts [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌpt (verb) Etymology: Borrowed from Latin interruptus, from interrumpere (“to break apart, break to pieces, break off, interrupt”), from inter (“between”) + rumpere (“to break”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*Hrewp-}}, {{bor|en|la|interruptus}} Latin interruptus, {{m|la|interrumpo|interrumpere|to break apart, break to pieces, break off, interrupt}} interrumpere (“to break apart, break to pieces, break off, interrupt”), {{m|la|inter||between}} inter (“between”), {{m|la|rumpo|rumpere|to break}} rumpere (“to break”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} interrupt (plural interrupts)
  1. (computing, electronics) An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition. Categories (topical): Computing, Electronics Hyponyms: hardware interrupt, non-maskable interrupt, NMI, pattern interrupt, software interrupt Derived forms: interrupt handler, interrupt storm Translations (An event that causes a computer to temporarily cease): přerušení [neuter] (Czech), keskeytys (Finnish), Interrupt [neuter] (German), διακοπή (diakopí) [feminine] (Greek), 割り込み (warikomi) (Japanese), przerwanie [neuter] (Polish), прерывание (preryvanije) [neuter] (Russian), interrupción [feminine] (Spanish), kesme (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-interrupt-en-noun-bhedb8cg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 25 8 26 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 53 18 8 21 Topics: business, computing, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: interrumpt [archaic], interroupt [rare], interrout [obsolete]

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/, /ˈɪntəˌɹʌpt/ Audio: en-us-interrupt.ogg [US] Forms: interrupts [present, singular, third-person], interrupting [participle, present], interrupted [participle, past], interrupted [past]
Rhymes: -ʌpt (verb) Etymology: Borrowed from Latin interruptus, from interrumpere (“to break apart, break to pieces, break off, interrupt”), from inter (“between”) + rumpere (“to break”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*Hrewp-}}, {{bor|en|la|interruptus}} Latin interruptus, {{m|la|interrumpo|interrumpere|to break apart, break to pieces, break off, interrupt}} interrumpere (“to break apart, break to pieces, break off, interrupt”), {{m|la|inter||between}} inter (“between”), {{m|la|rumpo|rumpere|to break}} rumpere (“to break”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} interrupt (third-person singular simple present interrupts, present participle interrupting, simple past and past participle interrupted)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action): قَاطَعَ (qāṭaʕa) (Arabic), перапыня́ць [imperfective] (Breton), перапыні́ць [perfective] (Breton), прекъсвам (prekǎsvam) (Bulgarian), препятствам (prepjatstvam) (Bulgarian), interrompre (Catalan), ھەڵدان (helldan) (Central Kurdish), 插口 (caap³ hau²) (english: chip in) (Chinese Cantonese), 打斷 (Chinese Mandarin), 打断 (dǎduàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 插嘴 (chāzuǐ) (english: chip in) (Chinese Mandarin), 中斷 (Chinese Mandarin), 中断 (zhōngduàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 打擾 (Chinese Mandarin), 打扰 (dǎrǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), přerušit (Czech), afbryde (Danish), afbreken (Dutch), onderbreken (Dutch), interrompi (Esperanto), katkaista (Finnish), keskeyttää (Finnish), interrompre (French), couper (French), unterbrechen (German), διακόπτω (diakópto) (Greek), टोकना (ṭoknā) (Hindi), félbeszakít (Hungarian), megszakít (Hungarian), megzavar (Hungarian), megakaszt (Hungarian), interrumper (Interlingua), interrompere (Italian), celare (Italian), ricoprire (Italian), tagliare (Italian), interrompersi [reflexive] (Italian), 中断する (chūdan suru) (alt: ちゅうだんする) (Japanese), 邪魔する (jama suru) (alt: じゃまする) (Japanese), 遮る (saegiru) (alt: さえぎる) (Japanese), បង្អាក់ (bɑŋ’ak) (Khmer), үзүү (üzüü) (Kyrgyz), pertraukti (Lithuanian), nutraukti (Lithuanian), whakapōnānā (Maori), titere (Maori), aruaru (Maori), kohiko (Maori), kaiwaenga (Maori), avbryte (Norwegian), interrompre (Occitan), copar (Occitan), przerywać [imperfective] (Polish), przerwać [perfective] (Polish), wtrącać się [imperfective] (Polish), wtrącić się [perfective] (Polish), interromper (Portuguese), ٹَوکݨا (ṭaukṇā) (Punjabi), p'itiy (Quechua), întrerupe (Romanian), прерыва́ть (preryvátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), прерва́ть (prervátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), обрыва́ть (obryvátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), оборва́ть (oborvátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), перебива́ть (perebivátʹ) (english: conversation) [imperfective] (Russian), переби́ть (perebítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), вме́шиваться (vméšivatʹsja) (english: chip in) [imperfective] (Russian), вмеша́ться (vmešátʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), меша́ть (mešátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), помеша́ть (pomešátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), interrumpir (Spanish), avbryta (Swedish), förhindra (Swedish), stävja (Swedish), kesilmek (Turkish), kesmek [intransitive] (Turkish), araya girmek (Turkish), перерива́ти (pereryváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), перерва́ти (pererváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), ropön (Volapük), torri ar (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-interrupt-en-verb-J9GOhoFz Disambiguation of 'to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action': 97 2 1
  2. (transitive) To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-interrupt-en-verb-bk~rkeT2
  3. (transitive, computing) To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing Translations (to assert an exceptional condition): keskeyttää (Finnish), Interrupt [neuter] (German), 割り込む (warikomu) (alt: わりこむ) (Japanese), interromper (Portuguese), прерыва́ть (preryvátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), прерва́ть (prervátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), kesme (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-interrupt-en-verb-6DbIxI4W Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'to assert an exceptional condition': 6 6 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: interrumpt [archaic], interroupt [rare], interrout [obsolete] Derived forms: interruptee, interrupter, interruption, interrupt request, those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those doing it Related terms: abrupt, corrupt, disrupt

Inflected forms

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    }
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          "text": "A maverick politician repeatedly interrupted the debate by shouting.",
          "type": "example"
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "qāṭaʕa",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "قَاطَعَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "перапыня́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "перапыні́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "prekǎsvam",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "прекъсвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "prepjatstvam",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "препятствам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "interrompre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "yue",
          "english": "chip in",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "caap³ hau²",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "插口"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "打斷"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dǎduàn",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "打断"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "chip in",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chāzuǐ",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "插嘴"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "中斷"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhōngduàn",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "中断"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "打擾"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dǎrǎo",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "打扰"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "přerušit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "afbryde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "afbreken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "onderbreken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "interrompi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "katkaista"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "keskeyttää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "interrompre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "couper"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "unterbrechen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "diakópto",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "διακόπτω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ṭoknā",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "टोकना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "félbeszakít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "megszakít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "megzavar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "megakaszt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "interrumper"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "interrompere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "celare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "ricoprire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "tagliare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "tags": [
            "reflexive"
          ],
          "word": "interrompersi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "alt": "ちゅうだんする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chūdan suru",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "中断する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "alt": "じゃまする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jama suru",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "邪魔する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "alt": "さえぎる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "saegiru",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "遮る"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "bɑŋ’ak",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "បង្អាក់"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "helldan",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "ھەڵدان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "üzüü",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "үзүү"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "pertraukti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "nutraukti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "whakapōnānā"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "titere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "aruaru"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "kohiko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "kaiwaenga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "avbryte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "interrompre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "word": "copar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "przerywać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "przerwać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "wtrącać się"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The packet receiver circuit interrupted the microprocessor.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "computer",
          "computer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, computing) To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌpt (verb)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪntəˌɹʌpt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-interrupt.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/29/En-us-interrupt.ogg/En-us-interrupt.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/En-us-interrupt.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "interrumpt"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "interroupt"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "interrout"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qāṭaʕa",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "قَاطَعَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "перапыня́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "перапыні́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prekǎsvam",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "прекъсвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prepjatstvam",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "препятствам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "interrompre"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "chip in",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "caap³ hau²",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "插口"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "打斷"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dǎduàn",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "打断"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "chip in",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chāzuǐ",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "插嘴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "中斷"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhōngduàn",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "中断"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "打擾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dǎrǎo",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "打扰"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "přerušit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "afbryde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "afbreken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "onderbreken"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "interrompi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "katkaista"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "keskeyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "interrompre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "couper"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "unterbrechen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diakópto",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "διακόπτω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ṭoknā",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "टोकना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "félbeszakít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "megszakít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "megzavar"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "megakaszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "interrumper"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "interrompere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "celare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "ricoprire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "tagliare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ],
      "word": "interrompersi"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちゅうだんする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chūdan suru",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "中断する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じゃまする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jama suru",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "邪魔する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さえぎる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "saegiru",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "遮る"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "bɑŋ’ak",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "បង្អាក់"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "helldan",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "ھەڵدان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "üzüü",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "үзүү"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "pertraukti"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "nutraukti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "whakapōnānā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "titere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "aruaru"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "kohiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "kaiwaenga"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "avbryte"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "interrompre"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "copar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przerywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "przerwać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wtrącać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wtrącić się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "interromper"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "ṭaukṇā",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "ٹَوکݨا"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "p'itiy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "întrerupe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "preryvátʹ",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "прерыва́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prervátʹ",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "прерва́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obryvátʹ",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обрыва́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oborvátʹ",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "оборва́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "conversation",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perebivátʹ",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "перебива́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perebítʹ",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "переби́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "chip in",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vméšivatʹsja",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "вме́шиваться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vmešátʹsja",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вмеша́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mešátʹ",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "меша́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pomešátʹ",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "помеша́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "interrumpir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "avbryta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "förhindra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "stävja"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "kesilmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "word": "kesmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "araya girmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pereryváty",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "перерива́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pererváty",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "перерва́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "ropön"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action",
      "word": "torri ar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to assert an exceptional condition",
      "word": "keskeyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to assert an exceptional condition",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Interrupt"
    },
    {
      "alt": "わりこむ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "warikomu",
      "sense": "to assert an exceptional condition",
      "word": "割り込む"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to assert an exceptional condition",
      "word": "interromper"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "preryvátʹ",
      "sense": "to assert an exceptional condition",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "прерыва́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prervátʹ",
      "sense": "to assert an exceptional condition",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "прерва́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to assert an exceptional condition",
      "word": "kesme"
    }
  ],
  "word": "interrupt"
}

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    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English reporting verbs",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *Hrewp-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Telugu translations",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌpt",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌpt/3 syllables"
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    {
      "word": "interrupt handler"
    },
    {
      "word": "interrupt storm"
    }
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*Hrewp-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "interruptus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin interruptus",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "interrumpo",
        "3": "interrumpere",
        "4": "to break apart, break to pieces, break off, interrupt"
      },
      "expansion": "interrumpere (“to break apart, break to pieces, break off, interrupt”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "inter",
        "3": "",
        "4": "between"
      },
      "expansion": "inter (“between”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "rumpo",
        "3": "rumpere",
        "4": "to break"
      },
      "expansion": "rumpere (“to break”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin interruptus, from interrumpere (“to break apart, break to pieces, break off, interrupt”), from inter (“between”) + rumpere (“to break”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "interrupts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "interrupt (plural interrupts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "in‧ter‧rupt"
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "word": "hardware interrupt"
    },
    {
      "word": "non-maskable interrupt"
    },
    {
      "word": "NMI"
    },
    {
      "word": "pattern interrupt"
    },
    {
      "word": "software interrupt"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Computing",
        "en:Electronics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The interrupt caused the packet handler routine to run.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "electronics",
          "electronics"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing, electronics) An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "computing",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "electricity",
        "electromagnetism",
        "electronics",
        "energy",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌpt (verb)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪntəˌɹʌpt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-interrupt.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/29/En-us-interrupt.ogg/En-us-interrupt.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/En-us-interrupt.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "interrumpt"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "interroupt"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "interrout"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "An event that causes a computer to temporarily cease",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "přerušení"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "An event that causes a computer to temporarily cease",
      "word": "keskeytys"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "An event that causes a computer to temporarily cease",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Interrupt"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diakopí",
      "sense": "An event that causes a computer to temporarily cease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "διακοπή"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "warikomi",
      "sense": "An event that causes a computer to temporarily cease",
      "word": "割り込み"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "An event that causes a computer to temporarily cease",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "przerwanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "preryvanije",
      "sense": "An event that causes a computer to temporarily cease",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "прерывание"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "An event that causes a computer to temporarily cease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "interrupción"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "An event that causes a computer to temporarily cease",
      "word": "kesme"
    }
  ],
  "word": "interrupt"
}

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