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n. the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted

n. a time interval during which there is a cessation of something

n. The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.

n. The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition.

n. Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance

n. Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension.

n. The act of interrupting or breaking in upon anything.

n. The state of being interrupted; the state of being impeded, checked, or stopped.

n. Obstruction or hindrance caused by a breaking in upon any course, current, progress, or motion; stoppage: as, interruptions in the execution of a work.

n. Cessation; intermission; interval.

n. A prorogation of Parliament: used in the seventeenth century.

n. a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

n. some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

n. an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

"Wal, the Duke's real amiable; but I reckon you'd find what you call the interruption of an argument."

dead air   

intervention    interposition    stop    hindrance    intermission    suspension    break    interception    obstruction    stoppage   

anticorruption    corruption    disruption    eruption   

intrusion    distraction    disturbance    inconvenience    delay    annoyance    obstacle    interference    occurrence    alteration