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as in suspended
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as in sudden
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as in intruded
to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion
it's rude to interrupt when someone is making an important point
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Recent Examples of interrupted
Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2024
Six lines experiencing interrupted service, according to a post on X by STIB, the Belgium public transportation service.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC News, 5 Feb. 2025
Maria Isabel Barros Guinle, NPR, 7 Jan. 2025
The online world is a largely visual medium with a complex array of workflows, and dementia commonly causes visual processing to be interrupted or delayed.
—Talia Barrington, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
And Kelly wonders how interrupted access might affect someone during their vulnerable teenage years.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2024
Six lines experiencing interrupted service, according to a post on X by STIB, the Belgium public transportation service.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC News, 5 Feb. 2025
Verb
Medical education, interrupted Ali is one of 3 million people who have fled Sudan.
—Maria Isabel Barros Guinle, NPR, 7 Jan. 2025
The online world is a largely visual medium with a complex array of workflows, and dementia commonly causes visual processing to be interrupted or delayed.
—Talia Barrington, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrupted
Adjective
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For instance, regulatory decisions in major economies, such as the United States, China, and Europe, can trigger sudden and dramatic price swings.—
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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At least one state public health official is worried that the sudden loss in funding will hurt their state’s grasp of the virus.—
Ross O'Keefe,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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At many organizations, whether small or large, the situation has created a confounding mess of disconnected systems, siloed data and ultimately a poor customer experience — all of which negatively impact a company’s revenue.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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Somehow, amid all these disconnected threads, Sheridan can have a moment in his narrative that purely breathes, where nothing much happens except that most important of things: an exchange of ideas.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
16 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Preparing the grid to support the world’s climate commitments requires 80 million km of grid infrastructure to be added or upgraded by 2040, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).—
Liana Ault,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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After he was first elected mayor in 2017, Suarez had a seat added for himself next to the city manager on the dais.—
Sarah Blaskey,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Rheinmetall, the German defense giant once controlled by the Third Reich, is considering acquiring one of Volkswagen's soon-to-be idle plants, exploring ways to repurpose existing automotive infrastructure for military production.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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People who have lots of weak ties, who make eye contact and idle chitchat with baristas and neighbors, feel happier than those who don’t, her studies find.—
Olga Khazan,
Vox,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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She was discovered near a Dubai road with several injuries, including a broken spine and multiple broken limbs, per the outlet.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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The palace appeared to be in ruins, with soldiers stepping on broken tiles.—
Samy Magdy and Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2025
Verb
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This will be the largest state tax cut in the history of Florida.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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Judging from a previous (smaller) UK aid cut in 2021, programs benefitting women and girls could be particularly hard hit.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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With none of those fights being offered to him, Edwards was inactive.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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If Tatum and/or Brown join the inactive list Wednesday, deep reserves like Jordan Walsh, Baylor Scheierman and Drew Peterson could move into head coach Joe Mazzulla’s rotation.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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That muon then created its own fragmentary debris, sparking a ripple of telltale pale blue photons dubbed Cherenkov radiation that passed over ARCA’s instruments.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
12 Feb. 2025
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The final chapters in the Amistad edition are fragmentary, and the book ends abruptly, ten years before Herod’s death.—
Louis Menand,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Interrupted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrupted. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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