Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Broken; intermitted; fitful; acting irregularly or unequally.
- In botany: Having the principal leaflets divided by intervals of smaller ones: applied to compound leaves.
- Having the larger spikes divided by a series of smaller ones: applied to flowers: opposed to continuous.
- In zoology, suddenly stopped; having a gap or hiatus: as, an interrupted stria.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped.
- adjective (Bot.) Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
interrupt .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective intermittently stopping and starting
- adjective discontinued temporarily
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Examples
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An urgent tapping at the door, and the sound of Brockley calling my name interrupted us.
QUEEN’S RANSOM Fiona Buckley 2000
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The soft calling of his name interrupted his thoughts, and he looked up to find Dorothy standing beside his table.
The Charade Laura Lee Guhrke 2000
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First up, Kimanzi saw Mathare's charge at the title interrupted by their 0-1 result at Nyayo to Sofapaka this past weekend.
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He said they had taken down adjacent power and communication lines, resulting in interrupted service for some residents.
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He said they had taken down adjacent power and communication lines, resulting in interrupted service for some residents.
Severe Storm Hits Beachwood, Surrounding Area « Beachwood Historical Alliance 2009
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Open, where Glover won after rain interrupted play over and over; and the British Open, where Stewart Cink beat Tom Watson in a playoff.
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He said they had taken down adjacent power and communication lines, resulting in interrupted service for some residents.
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"That's what made us fetch to leeward," the captain interrupted, desiring to vindicate his seamanship.
THE SEED OF McCOY 2010
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Butte, Montana Senator John McCain interrupted his campaigning here in Butte to call a press conference.
No Rest for the Traveling Candidate - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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A short story I wrote last night well, one long paragraph last week and then a phone call interrupted me so I had to wait till I had time to trance in again, "The Last Words of Dutch Schultz Jesus Christ" will be published in Dark Faith, The Mo*Con Anthology to be published next year.
Nick Mamatas' Journal nihilistic_kid 2009
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