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1. An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
   - break, disruption, gap
    
2. Some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
   "the telephone is an annoying interruption"
   - break
    
3. A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
   - pause, intermission, break, suspension

Derived forms: interruptions

See also: interrupt

Type of: delay, happening, holdup, interval, natural event, occurrence, occurrent, time interval

Encyclopedia: Interruption