intermitted

verb

Definition of intermittednext
past tense of intermit
as in interrupted

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  1. interrupted
  2. discontinued
  3. dispersed
  4. suspended
  5. disbanded
Verb
  • More than six thousand people attended the conference, in Indianapolis, and Harris was reportedly interrupted by applause thirty-two times in less than twenty minutes.
    Jazmine Hughes, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Michael Keaton hosted Saturday's episode and in his monologue was interrupted by Mikey Day and Andy Samberg doing their impressions of Beetlejuice.
    Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of interrupted
Verb
  • Omega did drop a model in 2012 to honor this feat but discontinued it in 2021.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Tesla has officially discontinued its most affordable electric car, the Model 3 Standard Range Rear-Wheel-Drive.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of discontinued
Verb
  • Other large farming populations of the region had also dispersed, and nomadic livestock herding became more widespread.
    R. Alexander Bentley, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The population dispersed into smaller settlements out in the surrounding floodplain and beyond.
    R. Alexander Bentley, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of dispersed
Verb
  • Xi’s party pumped tidal waves of state funds into markets, scrapped all initial public offerings, suspended trading in thousands of companies and let mainlanders pledge homes as collateral to buy shares.
    William Pesek, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Here's what the law says Apache County Attorney Michael Whiting suspended from practicing law, reelection in jeopardy Progressives target Nowakowski's controversial past in Phoenix council election Top US House Democrat Hakeem Jeffries visited Ariz.
    Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of suspended
Verb
  • Before the cast and crew disbanded, star Jason Segel remembers executive producer Judd Apatow giving him some life-changing career advice.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
  • But less than a year later, an undercover graffiti unit erected to deal with the issue was disbanded.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of disbanded
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“Intermitted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intermitted. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.

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