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  • noun Plural form of interrupt.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interrupt.

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Examples

  • I tweeted an inquiry about codemasters ‘Cricket’ for the wii last night, because I figure the kids can get into that when rain interrupts play in the real thing.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » God bless you, big insurance company. 2009

  • Now Speaker Martin interrupts the laughter from the opposition benches at Gordon Brown's inability to answer (or possibly understand) a simple question.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Not a sheep 2008

  • Sebastien Grosjean leaves the tarped court as rain interrupts play for the third time Wednesday.

    USATODAY.com - Wimbledon men's quarters suspended after 3 rain delays 2003

  • "She'd like me to be home," he says, rubbing his eyes as a light rain interrupts the workout.

    USATODAY.com - Torre feels the pressure, but it's just part of job 2003

  • He doesn't like it when a call interrupts their session, even if she doesn't answer it.

    Predator Cornwell, Patricia 2005

  • If a call interrupts an important game of Modern Warfare, for example, you can press a button to ask the caller to press '*' if the call is urgent, or '#' if it can wait till after the next checkpoint.

    Crave at CNET UK 2009

  • Desperately to get more blood, Rido goes out to the woods to suck more and more blood until Kaname interrupts with his rushed blood ‘feast’.

    Anime Nano! 2009

  • Desperately to get more blood, Rido goes out to the woods to suck more and more blood until Kaname interrupts with his rushed blood 'feast'.

    THAT Animeblog 2009

  • Magic: the Gathering uses "interrupts", which can cut into an opponent's turn and allow you to respond to their moves.

    Non-Stop Greg Tannahill 2009

  • The more information that the service grabs, and the less it "interrupts" the flow of reading, commenting & posting the more likely it is to be used, I think.

    Tracking the whole Conversation - Freshblog 2005

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