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INTERRUPTED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Intermittently stopping and starting
Example:
off-and-on static
Synonyms:
fitful; interrupted; off-and-on
Classified under:
Similar:
broken (not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Discontinued temporarily
Example:
we resumed the interrupted discussion
Classified under:
Similar:
discontinued (stopped permanently or temporarily)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb interrupt
Context examples:
Alleyne was about to explain, when a fresh roar from the stranger interrupted him.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Their role is crucial: if the "metronome" of myoblasts is interrupted, the muscles will not be the right size, and their function will be affected.
(Researchers Discovered Proteins Essential to Development of Skeletal Muscle, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
“Oh, it is not thus—not thus,” interrupted the being.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
As a result, cell wall synthesis is interrupted leading to a weakened cell wall and eventually cell lysis.
(Piperacillin Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)
The period of time during which a substance administration is interrupted.
(Performed Substance Administration Interruption Duration, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
“—Mrs. Weston, I suppose,” interrupted Mrs. Elton, rather mortified.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Mrs. Dashwood would have interrupted her instantly with soothing tenderness, had not Elinor, who really wished to hear her sister's unbiased opinion, by an eager sign, engaged her silence.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Elizabeth had been lately forming an intimacy, which she wished to see interrupted.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
They were interrupted by Miss Bennet, who came to fetch her mother's tea.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
The nobleman’s reply was interrupted by his secretary, who broke in with some heat.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
