Synonyms for interruption
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Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Pause
pause, break, cessation formal, stoppage, suspension, obstruction, intermission, impediment, hindrance, stop, lapse, discontinuance, interregnum, respite, arrest, stay, obstacle, remission, check, moratorium, interval, restraint
2. Disruption
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.
- n. 2
the act of breaking into someone else’s speech.
Related words
- Phrases
- volatility interruption
Forms
- Plural
- interruptions → pauses, breaks, cessations, stoppages…
Example sentences
- pause In Lojban, the dot "." is a pause or glottal stop.
- obstruction Tom was charged with obstruction of justice.
- stoppage A soccer match lasts 90 minutes, without considering stoppage time.
- intermission During the intermission, we had drinks at the bar.
- disturbance Is this a servo or a disturbance-rejection problem?
By length
- 3 letters
- gap1
- 4 letters
- stop1, stay1
- 5 letters
- check1, break1, pause1, lapse1
- 6 letters
- arrest2, hiatus3
- 7 letters
- respite2
- 8 letters
- interval3, obstacle3, stoppage2
- 9 letters
- restraint2, cessation3, remission3, hindrance2
- 10 letters
- suspension3, disruption3, moratorium5, impediment4
- 11 letters
- disturbance3, obstruction3, interregnum4
- 12 letters
- intermission4
- 14 letters
- discontinuance5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (arrest2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- interruption
- Italiano
- interruzione
- Español
- interrupción
- Català
- interrupció